My name is Michael Harnett, I am going to cycle from my home in Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham to 10 Downing Street, a distance of 280+ miles, to hand in letters calling for a public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV Trust). The reason behind this is to raise awareness of the death of my daughter, Christie Harnett, in June 2019 whilst she was an inpatient in a CAMHS hospital run by TEWV Trust. Besides Christie losing her life; just six weeks later another young woman, Nadia Sharif, also died in the same hospital. Six months after Nadia died, another young woman, Emily Moore, died in a TEWV Trust’s hospital.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the Hospital as Inadequate in August 2019, it was closed to admissions and subsequently closed totally.
Families have been complaining about the Mental Health services provided by TEWV Trust for many years and nothing has changed.
NHS England have commissioned an independent inquiry into the deaths of the young women and, as families of the 3 young women, we are calling for this public inquiry to stop others suffering as we have and to hopefully drive change in Mental Health services nationally.
I will be leaving my home in Newton Aycliffe on Friday 9th September 2022 passing through Darlington, Wetherby, Castleford, around Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton, Milton Keynes and should arrive in London on Monday 12th September 2022 to then hand the documents into 10 Downing Street at 1pm. I will be wearing brightly coloured leggings and a Rebuild Trust t-shirt.
If you wish to read more about our struggle for good care, please visit www.rebuildtrust.co.uk
Visit the GoFundMe page at:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-bike-ride-for-justice