This country has become a dark place in which the death of a troubled young person sparks abuse instead of sympathy
Once again, this was a woman speaking through grief in a heartfelt bid to prevent needless deaths. Their mother – an NHS psychiatrist for 12 years – told an inquest this month how the long wait for help was like torture for Alice. “My daughter could have lived a happy healthy life had she not been failed by the healthcare system that should have supported her,” said Caroline Litman.
This story echoed another that I heard recently. Danny France, a transgender teenager from Cambridgeshire, took his life aged 17 after falling into the “black hole” between child and adult services. An inquest last year heard he was trapped on long waiting lists for mental health and gender treatment, resulting in a preventable death according to the coroner. His father was infuriated by the persistent failure to learn lessons from such tragedies.
Yet what makes Kate Litman’s interview even more shocking was her revelation that the family became caught up in the culture wars being stoked so deliberately by some politicians and commentators. They were distraught to discover that news stories and even family posts on social media about Alice’s death provoked hateful remarks, disparaging comments, even jokes from pathetic keyboard warriors.
Litman sought to humanise this debate that sees fanatics on both sides thwarting serious discussion of complex issues. Her intervention coincided with the latest release of the National Centre for Social Research’sshowing Britain has become far more liberal – except for a sharp rise in prejudice towards transgender people. This sad interview offered grim insight into the poison flowing through our public spaces while rising numbers of people endure deep torment due to inadequate care.
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