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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rod Minchin

Psychiatrist tells inquest of ‘regret’ over Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s discharge

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A psychiatrist has spoken of his regret that he discharged teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland from hospital just weeks before her death without any community mental health support, an inquest heard.

Dr Peter Jeffery completed a Mental Health Act assessment in the early hours of October 22 2017 after the 19-year-old’s worried family took her to Poole Hospital.

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