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Amy Fenton & Peter Diamond

Young nursery nurse found dead after mental health staff failed to visit her

A woman who was described as ‘the life and soul of the party’ was discovered dead after her mental health worker failed to visit her at home.

Scarlett O’Malley, who was a nursery nurse, had been diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder and was known to mental health services for over a decade.

Her treatment was overseen by a care coordinator who failed to visit her when she was supposed to and instead left her a voicemail.

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