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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Wheeler

Public inquiry under consideration to respond to NHS mental health care failures

The Government has apologised and is considering a public inquiry after three teenage girls died following “multifaceted and systemic” failures in NHS mental health care.

Health minister Maria Caulfield said the independent investigation into the deaths of Christie Harnett, 17, Nadia Sharif, 17 and Emily Moore, 18, made for “painful reading” and described the incidents as “completely unacceptable”.

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