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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 January 2025

Debate

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Contribution

“I’ve never felt more unsafe than when I’ve been on wards. I think they’re the most scary place that a child or young person could ever be. It’s a catchphrase, ‘hospital makes you worse’ … Everyone makes jokes about going into hospital with one problem and then leaving with trauma, new behaviours, new diagnoses, assaults, PTSD – it’s awful”.

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