Lousia Ovington independent investigation report ... - NHS North East

CHAPTER 1 - NARRATIVE OF KEY DATES AND EVENTS
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124. On or about 23 June 2001 Louisa Ovington assaulted Mr Hilton with a knife
and self harmed by cutting her own neck (and reported that she had attacked her
cousin). She was charged with a public order offence 50 and she appeared at court
on two occasions and was bailed. The outcome of this case is not recorded. It would
seem that probation, the domestic violence unit at Durham police, social services and
the CPN service were informed. It is not clear who took what action as a consequence
or how much communication there was between the agencies
125. Social Worker 4 convened a CPA on 10 July 2001 (which neither probation nor
the GP was able to attend). The minutes were not available to the panel but it seems
that Consultant 5 was present and agreed to take Louisa Ovington on and see her
on a monthly basis. Social Worker 4 felt she was in a very volatile state. There were
concerns about her father’s attempts to contact her.
126. On 13 July 2001 Consultant 5 referred Louisa Ovington for psychotherapy
with Psychotherapist 1. (Unfortunately due to a combination of factors - the
appointment letter going to the wrong address, Louisa Ovington not completing the
paper assessments and only attending one appointment and delay, the conclusions
were incomplete and were not available until the following June (11 months later).
Psychotherapist 1 commented that on the information available she seemed to have
made reasonable progress over the past two or three years. He did not think she was
suitable for psychotherapy.
127. In August 2001 Louisa Ovington attended outpatients with a consultant whose
name she could not remember. It was not Consultant 5. She only attended one
appointment with him. After some confusion it seemed that she had attended with
Consultant 14 at Peterlee Health Centre, but Social Worker 4 having tried to keep
track of whom she was seeing was told in November 2001 that Consultant 14 had
left and that Consultant 13 was her consultant. In early 2002 however, Social Worker
4 (who had been trying to access her notes, with great difficulty and had been told
by Consultant 13’s secretary that if he wished to access her outpatient notes, he must
do so through her GP) was finally told that Consultant 2 was now the consultant in
charge of her care. (The panel could find no reference to Louisa Ovington having any
contact with Consultant 2).
128. The CRO lapsed as at 3 December 2002. The identity of the psychiatric
supervisor remained unclear (there is little reference to it in the probation notes). 51 She
occasionally attended at outpatients where she saw several different psychiatrists. She
only saw Consultant 5 once in outpatients in July 2001.
50 8th offence
51 See Chapter 6