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The following details the horrific acts carried out by NHS staff at Eden PICU, Northcroft site. This includes mentions of abuse, misogyny, sexual assault, and criminal activity. You can return to the homepage if you do not wish to read on.

"E" is a community activist, poet, artist, singer, and cinephile studying medicine at University of Birmingham. Although this web application was requested by E and makes transparent the many failures of several British institutions, some have requested a takedown out of concern. To this group, please consider translating your concern into more practical means.

Mental health in the UK carries a lot of stigma. More than domestic abuse, punitive psychiatry, rape, and human rights violations. That's why when E sought justice for the abuse carried out by her family, they knew one quick trick was to tell everyone she was insane. Even her own partner. When her community proved more tolerant than expected, E's made calls to BSMHFT and the West Midlands Police.

On 4th February 2025, West Midlands Police were informed that E was a victim of domestic violence. On 6th February 2025, they dragged E out of the bathroom—while she was still showering—and handcuffed and detained her.

The police can keep you at the place of safety for up to 24 hours. This can be extended for another 12 hours if it wasn't possible to assess you in that time. The time starts when you arrive at the place of safety, or whenever the police arrived if you're not taken somewhere else.

— Mind.org.uk, Sections 135 & 136

It is worth noting that the section under which you are detained can be changed or expire. The police can only detain individuals under section 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This detention expires after 36 hours maximum.

From the start of E's detention at Eden PICU, Northcroft Site, Birmingham, B23 6DW on 6th February 2025, the staff began to carry out egregious acts of cruelty that broke both policy and the law. Outlined below are the list of known violations. Since 31st March 2025, E has been moved to a safer ward and is continuously learning there were far more violations than known.

  • assault: physical, verbal, and sexual
  • harassment
  • intimidation
  • blackmail
  • theft
  • refusal to provide birth control
  • refusal to provide nicotine replacement therapy
  • using seclusion (complete isolation from other patients) as an indefinite punitive measure
  • blanket bans to deny her items of no possible risk, such as teddy bears, paper, and books
  • repeated failure to inform her of her rights upon admission, including:
    • the right to a tribunal
    • the right to an independent mental health advocate
    • the right to a mental health solicitor
    • the right to displace one's nearest relative
    • the right to leave the hospital under Section 17
  • repeated failure to inform her of the total extent of her inventory, which included information about the aforementioned rights
  • false claims of extreme unwellness to a degree of having no awareness of her surroundings and no capacity to communicate
  • refusal of the use of toiletries with claims that other patients are able to access her room when she is showering and are at risk (when asked if that means patients are not secure in their own rooms and afforded privacy, staff refused to respond)
  • false claims of E sharing intimate photos online
  • false claims that sharing information regarding one's permission to leave the hospital nullifies the permission to leave
  • preventing E from reporting the abuse she faced by any means necessary
  • declaring E's personal relationships as to be safeguarding risks without due process
  • ironically, failing to declare E's familial relationships as safeguarding risks, even after the police report
  • preventing E from sending mail
  • delegating all power to E's abusers
  • refusing to allow E consent to any requests
  • failure to provide adequate anti-tear clothes and bedding in seclusion (E was then observed by male staff throughout the duration of seclusion)
  • refusal to provide written justification for any of the decisions on this list

Mental health in the UK carries a lot of stigma. There is no shortage of stories about schizophrenic shootings. As such, there's a reflexive impotence when it comes to discussion of the rights of patients detained under the Mental Health Act. Many, from activists to MPs, when learning of this case said the same thing: 'Sometimes, that's just what happens when you get sectioned.'

The list above is not what happens when you get sectioned.

The list above is what happens when an entire region's health and social services conspire to torture you.

The list above is what happens when there is no justice.

Let's change that.