[3] In April 2014 Staff at Hawkwell Court in Colvin Gardens, Chingford planned to shut down the facility, which offers long-term stay for older patients with mental health problems and learning disabilities.

It was saved from closure a decade ago after relatives of service users and Chingford MP Iain Duncan Smith intervened.

He was supposed to hand the keys back but said he will remain inside, with the doors chained shut, "until they do the right thing".

[11] The trust NELFT took over children and young people's specialist and targeted mental health services in Kent in 2017.

[16] In July, Anita Mandalia took an overdose as a result of NELFT failing to refer her for mental health treatment.