Two more deaths raise alarm over mental health in A&E

Two further cases of patients absconding from hospital and taking their own lives have been highlighted at a trust which is being prosecuted for a similar case.

University Hospitals Sussex Foundation Trust last month admitted a charge brought by the Care Quality Commission in relation to 16-year-old Ellame Ford-Dunn, who died in February 2022 after absconding from a ward at Worthing Hospital.

Now two further similar cases have emerged, resulting in coroners issuing warnings.

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Source: Health Service Journal (20 November 2025)