Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city A number of failings have been admitted by Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) following the death of a 24-year-old man.
Alex Turner, 24, went missing from the Eagleton Ward at Salford Royal Hospital's Meadowbrook Unit on the evening of December 5, 2019 The first day of a two-week inquest into Alex's death at Bolton Coroner's Court heard that he was found dead on the railway line, near Eccles station, the next morning. READ MORE : 'Wonderful' teacher, 29, struggling with mental health during lockdown found dead two weeks after being told to wait for psychiatric help Just a week before his death, the court heard that Alex had been discharged