Dead at home for more than three years the shocking

Dead at home for more than three years, the shocking complaint: “Laura was abandoned by social services”

Laura Winham She suffered from schizophrenia and struggled to take care of herself and was estranged from her family. But the story coming out of Britain is colored yellow. In fact, her body stayed home for more than three years and now the health system and social services are being charged with abandoning the seriously mentally ill woman. According to the family, who knew nothing, they did nothing to save her.

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The body of Laura Winham, 38, was found “mummified” by police and relatives at her home, a community center in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021. The woman’s deteriorating health, but also failed to carry out routine check-ups leading to the discovery of her body. During those three and a half years that her body lay lifeless, nobody looked after her and her health, even though her disability pension and the gas supply to the apartment had been cut off.

As reported by the The guardLaura’s sister Nicky WinhamShe accused social services of turning a blind eye to several warning signs of her plight. “Anyone who was in contact with Laura and had a duty to her and at some point just washed their hands and forgot about her. She was abandoned and left to die,” she said. “No one should suffer like Laura from a lack of support for her mental health. We are now living with the devastating sadness of what happened and we are sharing our story because we do not want other families to suffer.”

Almost two years after the body was found, the preliminary hearing in court is now taking place. On January 30, a decision will be made as to whether or not authorities need to investigate social services over the violations committed against Laura Winham. According to the family, the woman was “lost by the system”. In fact, in the past, she had managed to overcome her physical disability, heart problems, and mental health to attend school and graduate. She had become sociable, had friends, then her condition deteriorated drastically. Her health continued to deteriorate and she began hearing voices and having hallucinations, leading to the woman leaving her family forever. And now their loved ones need to know what happened and why no one took any notice of them despite the various reports made by the police as well.