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Our Statement

Southern Health NHS FoundationTrust agrees that it is responsible for

the death of Connor Sparrowhawk.

Connor was an 18-year-old boy who

was a much loved son, brother and

friend.

He died on 4th July 2013 while being

looked after by the Short Term

Assessment and Treatment Unit,

(STATT Unit) Slade House.

This STATT Unitis part of the Trust.

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The STATT Unitis a place where

people with learning disabilities can

go to be assessed.

Staff look at the best way for them

to stay healthy.

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We could have kept Connor alive.

He died because some people

made mistakes. They should nothave made those mistakes.

Also because of:

Problems in the way the unit isrun, and

The way the Trust is

run.

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The investigation

Veritalooked into everything to dowith the death of Connor Sparrow

Hawk.

They wrote a report in February 2014which said:-

Connor could have been kept

safe.

Connor should not havedied.

The care that was given to himwas not good enough.

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Veritais an independent company.

They look into problems in Health

trusts and other things.

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The Trust did not deal withhisepilepsyproperly.

The Trust agrees with thereport from Verita.

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Epilepsyis health problem in the

brain which can cause seizures

or fits.

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The inquest

The inquest juryon 16th October

2015 said:

Connor died by drowning after anepilepticseizure while in thebath,

He had suffered from neglect.

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Aninquest is where the law

looks into the reasons why someone

has died.

It is run by a judge.

In very serious cases they have ajury.

Ajuryis a group of ordinary people

who have been chosen to decide the

truth of the case.

Neglectis a type of abuse where

things are not done to keep

someone safe which should have

been done.

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The Trust agrees

The Trust agrees that: The doctors on the STATT Unit

did not help the other staff to do a

good job,

Nurses did not have enough

training in how to look after

someone with epilepsy,

The arrangements for Connor tohave a bath were very bad,

Staff did not find out enoughabout Connors epilepsy,

Staff did not think about the risksto Connor,

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Staff did not talk or listen toConnors family about his

epilepsy.

The Trust agrees that:

It did not give Connor the carethat the law says it should,

It did not give Connor his

rights,

It did not give Connors familytheir rights.

The Trust agrees that it did not give all

the information about Connors death

to the lawyers and to Connors family.

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Compensation

The Trust will pay Connors family80,000 compensation.

Connors mother

The Trust agrees that Connorsmother, Dr. Sara Ryan has been fair,

reasonable and proper.

Some Trust staff got very upset and

said negative things about Dr Sara

Ryan and the Justice for LB

campaign.

The Trust does not agree with

anything they said

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Compensation is money that is

paid to someone who lost something

because you did something wrong.

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