Mental health patient died of heroin overdose due to NHS trust neglect, inquest finds

Desmond Maddix, 36, died after another patient smuggled into ward and injected him with lethal dose of drug

A patient in a secure mental health unit died after another patient injected him with heroin smuggled in as a result of staff failing to identify the risk he posed, an inquest has ruled.

Desmond Maddix, 36, died on 1 July 2017 after another patient smuggled 10 syringes and heroin into the ward and injected him with an overdose.