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Inquiry Into Mental Health Deaths Told Footballer Was Treated ‘Like an Animal’
Inquiry into Essex mental health units exposes systemic failings in care and safeguarding affecting over 2,000 patients, including excessive sedation of former footballer Colin Flatt.
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Inquiry into mental health deaths told ex-footballer was treated ‘like animal’
Colin Flatt’s death came within three months of discharge from a mental health unit.
·London, United Kingdom
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Melanie Leahy gave evidence to the inquiry about what happened to her partner of 19 years Colin Flatt (Joe Giddens/PA) Joe Giddens A former professional footballer was treated "like an out-of-control animal that could only be managed by pumping him full of drugs" at a mental health facility, an inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths heard. Melanie Leahy told the Lampard Inquiry that her partner Colin Flatt was "subjected to the most appalling negle…
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