The conditions were so dire, the committee said, that the lawmakers had “lost confidence” in the system and its regulators. Many details of the case are not publicly known, including why officials declared Bethany a risk to herself and others in December 2016. “It was horrific, barbaric.”Local authorities said she was taken to St Andrew’s temporarily, so her medication could be reviewed and she could receive therapeutic intervention. He sued the National Health Service England, the local authorities and St. Andrew’s hospital to challenge her detention at St Andrew’s from December 2016 to February 2019. The parties reached an agreement at mediation in September, and both NHS England and St. Andrew’s Healthcare accepted that the care that Bethany received had not always complied with standards.

Source: bd News24 November 11, 2019 12:09 UTC