📢OUR 2024 GENERAL ELECTION DEMAND 🧵INQUEST is calling for a National Oversight Mechanism to address the growing number of preventable deaths in state custody or care. This election is an opportunity to drive change and save lives. #NoMoreDeaths

‘The Coronial process: Supporting bereaved families & professionals’ Our webinar on 11 July will cover: • Welfare benefits, legal support & funding for inquests • A family’s perspective of the process • Emotional & practical support for families events.irwinmitchell.com/coronerswebinar

All too familiar failings by the Probation Service - following disastrous privatisation and under-resourcing of the service by the government - found to have contributed to the tragic death of Zara Aleena

Very sorry to be missing the #LALY24 ceremony this evening! I know it’ll be a wonderful celebration of the work done by #legalaid lawyers across the country, as always (and on the day a former legal aid lawyer takes on a big job in Downing Street)

Lovely Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards write up by Monidipa Fouzder   “Perhaps tonight is the start of a new dawn for access to justice, where politicians understand, accept and promote legal aid as a true pillar of a decent, fair and democratic society” - Chris Minnoch #LALY24 lawgazette.co.uk/news-focus/leg…

Great to hear Lesley and Neal Davison on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning talking about the conclusion of Megan’s inquest The Coroner has sent a Report to Prevent Future Deaths to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care about the lack of integrated care for patients with T1DE

We’re pleased to hear Type 1 and Disordered Eating (#T1DE) being spoken about on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this morning💙 We hope this brings much-needed attention to the challenges faced by everyone affected. Listen from 8.43am: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #GBDoc #Type1Diabetes

👇To the courage & perseverance of Lesley & Neal Davison whose daughter Megan lost her life to #T1DE. They fought to secure a 2nd inquest which found failings in how Megan was cared for w a Prevention Of Future Deaths Report now being sent to the Gov to help shape T1DE services

Megan Davison, 27, had Type 1 diabetes with Disordered Eating (T1DE). She died a self-inflicted death in 2017. Now a coroner has called on the government to take action and provide integrated care for people with T1DE to prevent further deaths. inquest.org.uk/megan-davison-…

Bereaved families forced law changes - why did it take so long? - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Vital letter to Keir Starmer by INQUEST, proposing: “a National Oversight Mechanism, which would be a new, independent body with responsibility to collate, analyse and follow up on recommendations made during inquests, public inquiries, investigations and official reviews”

Great to work with Turan Hursit on this inquest, in which the Coroner has made a Report to Prevent Future Deaths noting: “On a national level there is not a system which is capable of being operated in a way which will ensure proper integrated healthcare for patients with T1DE.”

Our experts are supporting a domestic abuse survivor who is now calling for police and prosecutors to ensure the safety of survivors. The #HighCourt have granted the case can proceed, after her new address was shared with her violent ex-partner: bit.ly/4fiRO93

We are appalled by the racist and Islamophobic violence we are seeing across the country. These are not isolated events - they are the predictable outcome of decades of racist and anti-migrant rhetoric by politicians and the media.🧵

Really worrying to hear that the far right are targeting immigration lawyers, including up the road to where I live. Ultimately, the criminal responsibility for people who riot is the people who are burning and smashing things - and those who directly encourage them, whether at

Coroner calls for better T1DE (Type 1 Diabetes with Disordered Eating) care after inquest into death of Herts teacher, Megan Davison thecomet.net/news/24500238.…

I’ve been having a lot of the same thoughts as those set out in this thread by Jim Robottom Can I justify continuing to use a platform run by a man sharing far right disinformation, and on which it seems reporting racist posts results in no action? I’m not sure I can…