Three girls died after major failings in NHS mental health care, inquiry finds

Systemic' failures at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust found to have contributed to self-inflicted deaths

• Who were the girls who died after NHS mental health service failings?

Three teenage girls died after major failings in the care they received from NHS mental health services in the north-east of England, an independent investigation has found.

Multifaceted and systemic" failures by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS trust contributed to the young women's self-inflicted deaths within eight months of each other, it concluded.

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