Blackpool woman starved to death by her mum was let down by safeguarding agencies
A damning report has revealed that safeguarding agencies failed a disabled Blackpool woman who was starved to death by her evil mother.
"Yet Debbie lacked the physical ability and/or mental capacity to attend, or make the decision to attend, appointments. A more accurate description of Debbie not being present for appointments would be to record that she ‘Was Not Brought.’" The review said: "It remains unclear as to why it is recorded that Clarke's permission was being sought for a referral to be made. The referral was for Debbie who was an adult, thus it was her permission that was required. In the absence of a referral to Blackpool being made by Leeds, no information regarding Debbie's care and support needs was transferred.
They were not even told that Debbie had a learning disability, meaning she was not put on the new Practice’s Learning Disability Register. If she had been registered she would have been offered annual health checks. The review said: "Had this happened, her subsequent weight loss may have been recognised and addressed. This omission demonstrates the importance of transferring information across border.
"The stench was unbelievable... I can only describe it as the stench of death. Debbie was so skinny. Her hair had been hacked off her skin looked like raw flesh. It was like something out of a horror movie." When she was found she weighed just 3st 10lbs. John Harrison QC, prosecuting, described the terrible conditions that Debbie's decomposing body was in when emergency services found her on August 29, 2019. He said: "Debbie was extremely emaciated with a severe rash to the scalp, the face and the soles of the feet.
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