‘Huntercombe... is the s******t mental health institution’, 14-year-old Ruth Szymankiewicz warned before her tragic death

Ruth Szymankiewiczat died after she was left alone at Huntercombe Hospital despite requiring constant one-to-one observation, jurors at the inquest were told

Ruth Szymankiewicz, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, had an eating disorder and was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, since October 2021.

‘Huntercombe... is the s******t mental health institution’, 14-year-old Ruth Szymankiewicz warned before her tragic death

Hospital staff raised repeated concerns to managers over ‘inadequate’ staffing, but ‘no changes were made’

Ruth Szymankiewicz was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire but died on February 12, 2022.