‘Significant failing’ in care of Royal Marines recruit who took his own life
Military doctor should have flagged that 18-year-old Connor MacKenzie Clark had self-harmed, coroner says‘They let us down’: mother of Royal Marines cadet who killed himself fights for changeThere was a “significant failing” in the care of a teenage Royal Marines recruit who took his own life after struggling on a demanding training course, a coroner has concluded.A military doctor should have flagged up concerns about the mental health of 18-year-old Connor MacKenzie Clark when he confided two days before his death that he had self-harmed, the senior coroner Philip Spinney said. Continue reading...
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Military doctor should have flagged that 18-year-old Connor MacKenzie Clark had self-harmed, coroner says
There was a “significant failing” in the care of a teenage Royal Marines recruit who took his own life after struggling on a demanding training course, a coroner has concluded.
A military doctor should have flagged up concerns about the mental health of 18-year-old Connor MacKenzie Clark when he confided two days before his death that he had self-harmed, the senior coroner Philip Spinney said. Continue reading...