Bren McFarlane was just 20 when he died, less than 24 hours after being admitted to a mental health hospital
Nurses were caught on CCTV doing each other's hair and playing on their phones as a young man in their care prepared to take his own life.
Bren was classified as Level 3 in terms of risk, Lancs Live reports. Less than 24 hours after being admitted Bren, 20, had taken his own life. Bren's mum Gail Rawlinson, who saw the footage for the first time during the inquest on Tuesday , broke down as the clip showed one nurse doing a colleague's hair and another nurse using her mobile phone.
Bren, who died on October 29, was posthumously awarded the Order of St John which honours donors and their families who donate their organs to save and improve the lives of others. The psychiatrist who assessed Bren on several occasions in October, and who requested an urgent bed at a mental health unit, was asked to comment on whether his three-week wait for a placement is common. The doctor said: "It does happen frequently.
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