‘My daughter, 12, took her own life after NHS failed to spot brain condition’

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The mother of Mia Lucas says she will never forgive NHS staff after an inquest found that inadequate testing had ‘possibly contributed’ to her death

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The mother of a 12-year-old girl who took her own life after being sectioned has vowed that she will “never forgive” the doctors she blames for failing to diagnose an underlying brain disorder.

‘My daughter, 12, took her own life after NHS failed to spot brain condition’

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