I cannot tell you how heartbroken I am, you can only imagine the pain after losing your only son to suicide.  My darling son, Paul aged 33 years, took his own life on 20 December 2008.  He was at my home and had been visited that morning by two senior nurses from the Mental Health Team in our area.  They assessed him as suffering from severe depression and highly suicidal.  They took my son away to admit him to hospital and left him ALONE in a waiting room at hospital whilst they tried to find him a bed.  He was seen by reception staff leaving the waiting area and entering a taxi.  My son then went to his own home and hanged himself.

As far as I am concerned this is sheer negligence and malpractice by our NHS.  No matter how my complaint is resolved it will never bring my son back but I feel I have to fight his case as he would want me to.  My life is now in pieces and I will never be the same person ever again.  I think of him every second of the day and can't express how much I miss him.  We had a really unique relationship for mother and son as we could tallk about anything to each other and we were very very close.  We were in contact with each other 4/5 times a day, every day.

I never, in my wildest dreams, thought my son would die before me.  I just pray one day we will be together again.

I am not sure how medical negligence works when it comes to a hospital ect... I only know how it works for EMT's. I can tell you that once we administer treatment and transport any patient we can not leave them alone until we turn care over to someone that has the same medical training or higher medical training then we do. If we do it is not only medical negligence it is adbandament of a patient and we will loose our EMT license for that.

I am so sorry for you lose. We have all lost someone close and dear to us. But as a Mother I can't imagine the pain and heartache of loosing a child. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family and I am always willing to listen if you need to talk.

Sisters hurt so badly too, my brother Steve was my hero, my heart would skip a beat when he would visit me along with his boy (his best mate his Staffy Zu) I so miss him it is 17 months ago and I can still see the morning unfold in my eyes the day I got the phone call from the build working on his home.. The nightmares are haunting...

I feel so let down by the medical treatment my father recieved.No matter how hard i tried to tell them he needed help!!! no one listened,they just kept giving him more anti dep pills which you could see were not helping.I feel so guilty that i let my mum down.If he would have been given a proper assesment my mum might still be here.I dont know if i will ever get over this,its been 8 month and i feel its was like yesterday.The nightmares haunt me every min off the day and night.My own gp has never once contacted us to see if we,re ok or need any support. They are only instrested in the fat cheque they get paid at the end off every month.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Margaret. I am so very sorry to hear about the loss of your precious son. I have a background in working in the healthcare industry, especially in mental health, and I can confirm that "sheer negligence and malpractice" are exactly what happened in your son's situation. It is beyond inexcusable; it is unconscionable. Nothing will bring your son back, but you should absolutely fight for this case to be examined, just as your son would want you to do. You will be with your son again sometime in the future when it's your time, but you are needed now to make sure justice is served so this will never happen to another person in that situation again. I believe that is your mission in life now- to make it a better and safer place for others. Your son's spirit will live through yours and will be with you always.