When the top people from the Primary Care Trust came to talk with the District Council a couple of months ago, Hockley Conservative Councillor Jeremy Thomass stressed the importance of proper local mental health facilities. His concerns have been borne out by this very sad story in the Echo:
A MENTALLY-ILL woman died on the A12 just hours after being turned away from a health centre because there were no consultants available to assess her.
A coroner has accused the health trust involved of a ?gross failure? in providing care for the woman.
Karen Crews, 50, from Alexandra Road, Rayleigh, died from multiple injuries when she was hit by a lorry on the A12 near Capel St Mary, on the Suffolk-Essex border, last May.
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Full report here.