Trans boy, 17, who killed himself on mental health ward felt ‘worthless’

Inquest hears Charlie Millers struggled with self-worth for years before self-harming in understaffed Prestwich hospital ward

A 17-year-old trans boy who killed himself on a mental health ward felt worthless" and could not think of anything positive about himself" shortly before he died, an inquest heard.

Charlie Millers, from Stretford, had been bullied at school and misgendered by healthcare staff in the five years up to his death and he struggled with his mental health, Rochdale coroner's court heard.

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