Troubled dad took his own life after escaping from mental health unit
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe devastated partner of a troubled dad who died when he was hit by a train after escaping from a mental health unit is demanding answers about the circumstances around the tragedy and said: "I would hate for anyone else to go through what we are." Nathan Cunliffe, a scaffolder from Warrington, was admitted to Austen ward at Hollins Park Hospital in the town on December 30, 2021.
But a jury inquest earlier this year found 'insufficient risk assessment' of the garden at the hospital and 'inappropriate staff to patient ratio'.
During the evening of 11 January, 2022, Nathan, who had been known to mental health services since September 2018, absconded from the hospital by climbing over the eight foot garden fence.
His body was found on the railway line between Hollins Park and Warrington Bank Quay. He was 28. READ NEXT: Exactly when heavy rain will hit Greater Manchester as Met Office weather warnings come into force He had been missing from his home for five days over Christmas 2021.
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