Hello Anne ,

I thank you in advance for taking time in reading this as a member of parliament

I feel so angered by this case that I felt people should be aware.

Below a copy of an email  which was sent yesterday:

“Hi Chris,

I was going to telephone you but thought it might be best to send you this email to inform you that Kieran died yesterday.

Since the last time we spoke, after Kieran was discharged from hospital, his situation took the usual pattern. With Kieran trying to control his drinking consumption, last Thursday he told me he was unable to “stop himself”. During the 3 weeks period he had been to see his GP for help but yet again, hit the brick-wall of “I’ll refer to”, of course we both know that this response would never work in Kieran’s case. Over the last 3 weeks I continued desperately to find help for Kieran and being told the same rhetoric – “It’s up to your brother not you”. In fact ironically yesterday afternoon I rang his GP for help and was told “I’ve done what I can, so why are you telephoning me again”, I also rang the duty mental health team and was told, “I’ll get someone to call you back”, nobody did call me back and in the meantime my brother Tom had called in on Kieran and found him dead.

You are the first person in many years who understood our situation, who showed genuine concern for Kieran and tried like I have to get Kieran the help he needed so desparetlely. I would like to thank you and Mark for all the help, support and understanding you shown to Kieran and his family. Especially to me, it meant a lot to talk to a true professional who understood and acted on it.

I wish you all the very best and once again thank you for your help and support.

Bev Ebert”

This person did not have the mental capacity to make a decision about his welfare, below is an email to the director of social services Manchester Joanne Colley sent 26 Nov

“Hello Joanne,

Thank you for speaking to me earlier.

I have pleasure in attaching information as discussed. I do apologise for having to ask for Directorate intervention here, but as I said on the phone, in 13 years I have only felt the need to this level of recourse twice before.

I appreciate that some people make a choice to drink and even a choice to die and of course many a choice to live – Kieran cannot make any  of those choices. The bottom line here is that if the Coroner’s Office rang me next week to enquire about the treatment this man has received I really feel that he has not had access to the services and social support that a man in his condition of mental state and illness should have received.

This is definitely a case where the State has a responsibility and I hope that you are able to facilitate access to that help.

Thank you for your assistance.

Kindest regards”

We and Kieran’s family tried every avenue possible to get Kieran help he deserved, local alcohol teams, doctors, hospital and social services. An application was made on my behalf to report Kieran as a venerable adult and looking at getting a mental capacity order of sorts. Please see attached.

I remember as a child a dog walking on a railway track stepped on the live rail to receive a shock and then turned and bit it, the dog didn’t know any different and melted before my eyes.

I have to say that Kieran was treated no different than a dog in this case.

What is going to be done about this?

Rest in peace Kieran

Kindest Regards

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