Alison Holt

@AlisonHoltBBC

@BBCNews Social Affairs Editor. Covering social care, welfare, child protection, disability, how we live our lives. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements

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Alison Holt @AlisonHoltBBC Sep 14

Staff slept and falsified records on the night a patient was killed by another patient on a mental health ward, an inquest has heard. The victim's family say the shocking findings show how seriously mentally ill people are too often failed. @jamesmelley
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www.bbc.co.uk Staff slept while patient killed at NHS mental health unit Inquest hears how Rolando Torres-Pena, 22, was able to strangle and kill Hugo Flint-Cahan on a hospital ward in east London.

Alison Holt @AlisonHoltBBC Mar 20

"A dangerous culture harbouring a lack of care"-a coroner's description of a mental health ward where a 20-yr-old woman died. @jamesmelley & I have been looking at 3 sudden deaths at the private hospital. It says it's made improvements.

James Melley @jamesmelley Mar 20

Three women died unexpectedly in two years at a privately run mental health hospital where staff falsified records @AlisonHoltBBC
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Alison Holt @AlisonHoltBBC Nov 10, 2025

Hospital failings continued after young woman died on mental health unit, leaked documents seen by the BBC show. @jamesmelley
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www.bbc.co.uk Hospital failings continued after Alice Figueiredo death, leaked documents show Four months after a young woman died in a mental health unit, another patient tried to harm herself in similar circumstances, leaked documents show.

Alison Holt @AlisonHoltBBC Oct 22, 2025

Thousands of disabled people at risk from "back door" law change, say charities. The BBC's @MunazaRafiq has been following the arguments in this important deprivation of liberty case at the Supreme Court. #disability
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www.bbc.co.uk Disabled people at risk from 'back door' law change, say charities The Supreme Court has been asked to revisit a previous ruling it made on what it means to be deprived of liberty.

Alison Holt @AlisonHoltBBC Oct 14, 2025

A mental health trust says it is planning to install CCTV following the death of a patient in mysterious circumstances. More from @jamesmelley
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www.bbc.co.uk Questions remain over mysterious death in mental health hospital An inquest into Maria Morris's death found it was accidental, but her family still have questions over what happened the night she died.