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| Edenfield Centre: Dad's plea for answers over teen's death | |
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| Rowan Thompson died in a unit at Prestwich Hospital | |
| A father whose child died at a mental health hospital where a culture of abuse was uncovered has told of his hopes for answers from an inquest. | |
| Rowan Thompson, 18, was one of three people who died over a nine-month period at a unit at Prestwich Hospital in Greater Manchester. | |
| The BBC's Panorama programme found a "toxic culture" of "bullying" at another unit at the same hospital. | |
| Marc Thompson said he needed "an answer to the question how my child died." | Marc Thompson said he needed "an answer to the question how my child died." |
| Rowan, who identified as non-binary, had been sectioned at the hospital while on remand awaiting trial accused of murdering their mother Joanna Thompson, 50, in July 2019. | |
| She was stabbed more than 100 times at her home in Hambledon, Hampshire. | She was stabbed more than 100 times at her home in Hambledon, Hampshire. |
| Rowan admitted manslaughter but died just days before the murder trial, which was due to begin in October 2020. | |
| Mr Thompson said he was desperate for answers into Rowan's death | |
| "While he was in the unit he had been diagnosed as being autistic which all of a sudden made a lot of the things that he would do explainable," said Mr Thompson. | "While he was in the unit he had been diagnosed as being autistic which all of a sudden made a lot of the things that he would do explainable," said Mr Thompson. |
| "To the day he died, Rowan said he couldn't remember what happened and I obviously believe that. | "To the day he died, Rowan said he couldn't remember what happened and I obviously believe that. |
| "Although his death was tragic, even worse was the fact that it removed any potential closure for siblings, family over the death of his mother." | "Although his death was tragic, even worse was the fact that it removed any potential closure for siblings, family over the death of his mother." |
| Last month, Panorama published footage of staff which had been filmed by an undercover reporter at a separate unit - Edenfield Centre - which is in the same hospital where Rowan was being treated. | |
| "When I saw that programme - where I had felt like I had given the benefit of the doubt as we've done through disclosure and so on - that all vanished," he said. | "When I saw that programme - where I had felt like I had given the benefit of the doubt as we've done through disclosure and so on - that all vanished," he said. |
| Information and support | Information and support |
| If you are experiencing issues with mental health or self-harm, details of help and support are available here. | If you are experiencing issues with mental health or self-harm, details of help and support are available here. |
| He said he now wanted answers from the hospital about Rowan's medical regime. | |
| "We got told that basically they just found him collapsed in his room. They had done CPR and that was it. | "We got told that basically they just found him collapsed in his room. They had done CPR and that was it. |
| "That's what we knew. That's what we were told." | "That's what we knew. That's what we were told." |
| He added: "Having an answer and having a reason to be able to say 'my child died because'. It means the world". | He added: "Having an answer and having a reason to be able to say 'my child died because'. It means the world". |
| Gill Green, chief nurse at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust, expressed her "heartfelt condolences to Rowan's family, friends and all who have been affected by this tragedy". | Gill Green, chief nurse at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust, expressed her "heartfelt condolences to Rowan's family, friends and all who have been affected by this tragedy". |
| "We are fully cooperating with the inquest process," she added. | "We are fully cooperating with the inquest process," she added. |
| The inquest will resume on Monday. | The inquest will resume on Monday. |
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