NHS trust failures contributed to suicide of girl, 12, London inquest told

The inquest at Walthamstow coroner’s court heard that North East London NHS Foundation Trust failed to act on a number of warning signs about Allison’s wellbeing. Photograph: Mark Large/ANL/Shutterstock

A series of failures by a mental health trust contributed to a 12-year-old girl taking her own life, a leading child psychiatrist has told an inquest.

Allison Aules from Redbridge in north-east London died in July last year after her mood changed completely during the pandemic, her family say.