David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel. David was the bravest brother, son and uncle, but what he endured in his final days is unimaginable. […]
In November the evidence was heard over two days in the inquest of David Lodge, who died on 13 January 2022 at Hull Royal Infirmary. Today, Assistant Coroner for East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull, Edward Steele, returned to court to give his conclusions. He opened by expressing his condolences […]
In June 2018, which feels like a lifetime ago but is only actually 6.5 years, I met Elly Chapple for the first time. It was at Festable at National Star College, we’d been connected online for a while, but on that day I heard her talk about her daughter Ella, and the lessons she had […]