The death of a teenager who fatally self-harmed at a scandal-hit mental health hospital after being left unsupervised by a worker using a fake ID was unlawful, an inquest jury has ruled.
Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, died on 14 February 2022 following a litany of failings at Huntercombe Hospital, also called Taplow Manor, near Maidenhead, where she required constant one-to-one observation, Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court heard.
