Shaun Hall
30 Jan 2025 · Coroner Anne Pember · Northamptonshire
The coroner's concerns
1. referral declined
“The assessment from Talking Therapies on 20 November 2023 identified current escalating factors around not being allowed to see his children, and an upcoming court case in relation to this on 14 December 2023. Indeed he stated that if he was not allowed to see his children he would take his own life. Despite all this information being available the Urgent Care and Assessment Team did not accept the referral.”
2. lack of accountability
“the identity of the person at the Urgent Care and Assessment Team who declined the referral is not known and no notes were made of the referral”
3. suicide
“My conclusion was suicide”