Dementia patient stabbed himself then fell from hospital landing
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 17:33 · Archive
Colin Flatt, 81, stabbed himself with scissors before climbing over a hospital railing and falling onto a glass table on the Florence Nightingale Ward at Basildon Hospital.
Colin Flatt, 81, died on 7 September 2021, three months after being discharged from mental health services. An inquest into his death began this week at Seax House in Chelmsford and forms part of the wider Lampard Inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex.
On 21 July 2021, Mr Flatt was taken to Basildon Hospital after absconding from Anisha Grange Care Home. While on the Florence Nightingale Ward, he stabbed himself in the abdomen with scissors before attempting to abscond from the hospital. He then climbed over a railing to fall from a high landing onto a glass table.
Keeley Streeter, a healthcare assistant at the time, heard a disturbance in his bay and ran to the commotion. She said she saw a member of staff struggling with Mr Flatt because he had scissors and was trying to harm himself. Rebecca Cook, a clinical nurse specialist and ward sister at the time, was searching for Mr Flatt after he left the ward and found him on a stairwell landing overlooking a seated area. She told the court he had climbed over the railings.
How it is being reported
- Dementia patient stabbed himself then fell from hospital landing, inquest hearsA man with dementia stabbed himself with scissors before climbing over a hospital railing and falling onto a glass table, an inquest has heard.Echo (Basildon) · 22 Oct, 17:00
- Dementia patient stabbed himself then fell from hospital landing, inquest hearsA man with dementia stabbed himself with scissors before climbing over a hospital railing and falling onto a glass table, an inquest has heard.Colchester Gazette · 22 Oct, 17:00
In this story: Colin Flatt · Basildon Hospital · Florence Nightingale Ward · Anisha Grange Care Home · Keeley Streeter · Rebecca Cook · Essex
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