Daniel Collins

On 03/05/2018 commenced an investigation into the death of Daniel Hubert Collins The investigation concluded at the end ofan inquest on 31/08/18. The conclusion of the inquest was Suicide:

The Deceased had no known mental health issues prior to attempting to take his own life via an overdose on 07/04/18 when he was admitted to Hospital. He reported being concerned about the poor health of relatives, that his relationship with his girlfriend had ended and the pressure of completing his degree He was assessed by RAID nurses on 8 and 9/04/18 and discharged from Hospital on 9/04/18,and because of his young age, was referred to the Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) crisis team. An FTB crisis team nurse attended his home on 10/04/18,assessed him, and discharged him from the FTB crisis team to mental health service counselling putting responsibility on the Deceased to make contact with them. There was no follow up from the FTB crisis team generally, or to check that he had contacted the counselling service: On 25/04/18 he attended a meeting requested by his university to discuss concerns about his wellbeing and mental health. On 26/04/18 he went missing and he was found deceased on 28/04/18 in an area of woodland in Moseley Bog having taken a deliberate overdose. Following post mortem the medical cause of death was determined to be:

In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and believe you have the power to take such action_