Polly🇮🇪🇪🇺💙

Today, the Lampard Inquiry begins hearings to consider whether urgent recommendations are needed on observations, monitoring technology, emergency response and resuscitation in mental health hospitals. Behind those words are people who should have come home. My son Matthew is one of them. Nearly fourteen years after his death, I am still fighting to establish the truth about his care, how he was found and what happened when he needed help. For families like mine, these hearings concern the most basic promises of hospital care: that someone will check on your loved one, recognise when something is wrong, call for help and know what to do. Technology cannot replace listening, compassion or properly trained staff. An alarm only protects someone if it brings a timely response. I want these hearings to lead to clear, enforceable action—with named responsibility and checks that changes actually happen. Families have already paid the highest price. Patients in hospital today cannot wait years for safety. Matthew was loved. He had a life ahead of him. His death must lead to more than another report and another promise. I will keep fighting for truth, accountability and care that protects people. #MatthewsCampaign #LampardInquiry #PatientSafety #MentalHealth