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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Trans boy, 17, who killed himself on mental health ward felt ‘worthless’

Charlie Millers, with curly red hair, smiling to the camera
Charlie Millers was found unresponsive in his room on Prestwich hospital youth mental health ward in 2020. Photograph: X

A 17-year-old trans boy who killed himself on a mental health ward felt “worthless” and “could not think of anything positive about himself” shortly before he died, an inquest heard.

Charlie Millers, from Stretford, had been bullied at school and misgendered by healthcare staff in the five years up to his death and he struggled with his mental health, Rochdale coroner’s court heard.

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