This petition was submitted by Tesni Morgan  having collected a total of 1,462 signatures.

Text of Petition:                     

On the 27th of August 2020 our darling Bronwen took her life after a long battle with her mental health.

We as a family truly believe that it could have been prevented. During the last 6 months of her life, Bronwen's mental health deteriorated drastically. She was making multiple attempts to take her life, putting herself in dangerous situations on a regular basis. Bronwen was hopeless, her current care-plan was not fit for purpose and she and the family were begging for something to change.

Additional Information:

We begged to be listened to, so did Bronwen. We were ignored.

We are striving for shared decision making and regular reviews of mental health care and treatment plans. We also call for an opportunity for next of kin to contribute to those reviews. The current NICE guidelines state that shared decision making is essential in order to meet the needs of the patient.

NICE states that shared decision making is important for:

Different choices to be made available to the patient and are discussed openly.

The ultimate decision to be reached together by the health professional and the patient.

To help health and social care professionals to tailor the care or treatment to the needs of the individual.

This in was NOT the case for Bronwen. Shared decision making is ESSENTIAL for patients to receive the best care that is tailored to their individual needs.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 10/01/2022.

The Committee noted the priority given to mental health by the Health and Social Committee in its forward work programme and agreed to encourage the petitioner to take up the opportunity to contribute to their consultation.

In doing so, the Committee agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for raising such an important issue.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 15/12/2020.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Cardiff Central
• South Wales Central

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