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| 'Failure of care' for suicide boy | 'Failure of care' for suicide boy |
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| A report on the suicide of a teenager in April 2005 has found serious failure of care by the health service. | A report on the suicide of a teenager in April 2005 has found serious failure of care by the health service. |
| Danny McCartan, 18, had a history of depression and self harm. The trust has apologised. | |
| On the day he hanged himself, he wanted to be admitted to hospital but he was refused, partly because a specialist nurse said the suicide risk was low. | On the day he hanged himself, he wanted to be admitted to hospital but he was refused, partly because a specialist nurse said the suicide risk was low. |
| The independent panel found a litany of problems in his care, including staffing shortages. | |
| There were also errors of communication, confusion and delay, said the panel. | |
| The review found he was treated by a fragmented and disjoined health service and simply "fell through the cracks". | The review found he was treated by a fragmented and disjoined health service and simply "fell through the cracks". |
| 'Failed Danny' | |
| Danny McCartan's father Gerard said his family did not want the trust to say sorry, it just wanted to see changes to the system. | Danny McCartan's father Gerard said his family did not want the trust to say sorry, it just wanted to see changes to the system. |
| "An apology doesn't matter at all to us," he said. | "An apology doesn't matter at all to us," he said. |
| "We were not in it for an apology. We want the recommendations implemented to the full and we also want to be involved with the implementation of the recommendations." | "We were not in it for an apology. We want the recommendations implemented to the full and we also want to be involved with the implementation of the recommendations." |
| Bernie McNally, director of children's services at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, said the trust apologised for its failings. | |
| "There is no doubt that the services failed Danny. There is no doubt that child and adolescent mental health services at that time were not good," she said. | |
| "It is well accepted that young people should not be in adult wards. | |
| "They are not good places, they are not good environments for young people to be in." |