James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This album is very cool- but I certainly wouldn’t describe it as metal. 110
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 12/04/2026What have you found? I’ve been enjoying this Pinback set: archive.org/details/ajc0...archive.org 210
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Three women died unexpectedly in two years at a privately run mental health hospital where staff falsified records www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPrivate mental health hospital 'failed women who died'Three women died at a private clinic where staff were not carrying out proper checks. 000
Reposted by James MelleyHelen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 10/11/2025And this is why it matters that lessons *are* learned when things go wrong... and that @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social journalists like @jamesmelley.bsky.social & Alison Holt are able to conduct lengthy, detailed, complex and committed work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHospital failings continued after Alice Figueiredo death, leaked documents showFour months after a young woman died in a mental health unit, another patient tried to harm herself in similar circumstances, leaked documents show. 211
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 10/06/2025‘We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth’- this is the extraordinary tale of sacrifice, love and ingenuity by the parents of Alice Figueiredo. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAlice Figueiredo: We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting the NHSA NHS trust and hospital manager have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo. 010
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025They were found not guilty of corporate manslaughter and manslaughter by gross negligence respectively. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The NHS trust that runs the hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, and the ward manager of the unit Benjamin Aninakwa, have been convicted of health and safety breaches. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Her family later found out she’d tried to harm herself using plastic bags or bin liners on 18 previous occasions during her admission. The bin liner in the bin she had access to wasn’t removed, despite the risks it posed. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Alice had died having been able to get access to a plastic bin liner on the ward she was being treated on- where she was meant to be safe. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Since she died almost ten years ago, her family have been fighting for accountability for what happened to her. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025But she wasn’t just a diagnosis- her family talk about a vibrant, fun and smart young woman. Just before she went into hospital in 2015, she’d been looking forward to going to university. 110
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025She’d struggled with bipolar disorder and an eating disorder since she was a teenager. Sometimes she needed specialist hospital treatment. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Alice Figueiredo died whilst a patient at Goodmayes Hospital in east London in 2015. She was 22 years old. 100
James Melley @jamesmelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Hospital and medic convicted over patient death 121
