![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mum-fears-nhs-trust-cover-up-over-cambridgeshire-suicides-review/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/130686866_ec9b1f5a-9284-4394-9a29-f1fa0835701e.jpg&description=Image source, Family photo Image caption, Hannah Roberts was a "straight A student", her mother said The mother of a woman who took her own life weeks after being discharged from a mental health ward fears a "culture of cover up" within the NHS trust. Hannah Roberts, 22, died by suicide in 2018 and her mother Sally said there were "discrepancies" in the accounts of the talented musician's discharge. She feels an ongoing internal review into all Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) suicides since 2017 should be independent. CPFT did not respond to her comments. The trust's chief executive Anna Hills previously said the internal review into 63 suicides would "be an important piece of work". Its announcement came after the trust was accused of adding to the records of Charles Ndhlovu, 33, the day after he took his own life to, in his mother's words, "correct their mistakes". If you are feeling emotionally distressed, help and support is available via BBC Action Line But Mrs Roberts, who believes her daughter's death fits the criteria of the review, has not been contacted by the trust. "We've only got the assumption that Hannah is one of those 63 because we've had no communication from CPFT to notify us that they're actually doing this review. "We found out about it [in the] media." Image caption, Sally Roberts has not been told whether or not her daughter's suicide is part of the review She contacted the BBC after seeing its coverage of the announcement, and was concerned about the way the review was being carried out. "I feel strongly that an internal investigation isn't going to achieve anything that they're going to learn from," she said. "It needs to be a fresh pair of eyes and somebody who is going to be more objective and take into account the views of the families involved." Her daughter Hannah, from Landbeach, was a voluntary patient on Mulberry ward at Fulbourn Hospital in March 2018 after a suicide attempt. Mrs Roberts said her daughter w){kind=link}
The mother of a woman who took her own life weeks after being discharged from a mental health ward fears a “culture of cover up” within the NHS trust.
Hannah Roberts, 22, died by suicide in 2018 and her mother Sally said there were “discrepancies” in the accounts of the talented musician’s discharge.
She feels an ongoing internal review into all Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) suicides since 2017 should be independent.
CPFT did not respond to her comments.
The trust’s chief executive Anna Hills previously said the internal review into 63 suicides would “be an important piece of work”.