The Priory
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| First performance | 2009 |
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| Playwright | Michael Wynne |
| Composers | Nick Powell |
| Place premiered | The Royal Court Theatre |
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| ID | 1980088 |
About The Priory
The Priory is a play by Michael Wynne that opened at the downstairs theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009. The production starred Jessica Hynes, Rupert Penry-Jones, Charlotte Riley, Alastair Mackenzie, Joseph Millson and Rachael Stirling. After receiving good reviews, its run was extended.
Hastings shopping centre evacuated after major floods
... East Sussex Fire & Rescue said it was dealing with flood water at The Priory Meadow shopping centre in Hastings...
Mental health services that fail to improve could be shut, says watchdog
... It follows the watchdog judging as " inadequate" three child wards at The Priory Group s biggest hospital...
Priory Group whistleblowers 'concerned for patient safety'
... The Priory Group, which receives more than £600m of public money each year, is the biggest single private provider of mental health services to the NHS...
Beth Matthews' raw honesty saved lives, say mental health experts
...By Tony SmithBBC NewsBeth Matthews was 26 when she took her own life in a psychiatric unit run by The Priory - an inquest jury has found she was failed by the hospital...
Three women died at Priory psychiatric unit in two months
... " If my daughter didn t go into The Priory, she d still be alive today, " her mother Angela Porter said...
Beth Matthews: Blogger who took poisonous substance failed by hospital
... She was being treated at The Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in Stockport...
Blogger Beth Matthews told staff about buying substance, inquest hears
... Beth Matthews, 26, from Cornwall, to a psychiatric ward at The Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in Stockport...
Blogger, 26, died after ordering poisonous substance online, inquest hears
... Her inquest heard that she was being treated on a secure ward at The Priory, Cheadle Royal for a personality disorder...
Blogger, 26, died after ordering poisonous substance online, inquest hears
By Angus CrawfordBBC News
A patient at a secure Psychiatric Hospital in Stockport died after taking a poisonous substance she ordered online, an inquest has heard.
Beth Matthews , 26, died a Short Time after taking the substance, which she told staff was protein powder, in March Last Year .
Ms Matthews, originally from Cornwall, was described In Court as " bright and vivacious".
She was a well-known Mental Health blogger with thousands of followers.
Her inquest heard that she was being treated on a secure ward at The Priory , Cheadle Royal for a personality disorder.
The Court was told that paramedics were called on 21 March after reports Ms Matthews had taken an overdose.
Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgman told The Jury Ms Matthews had " ingested a substance that came through The Post , quite quickly became unwell, was taken urgently to hospital where she sadly died".
In a statement, paramedic Kate Barnes said that when she arrived staff at The Unit told her that Ms Matthews " had a parcel delivered to The Unit , which she opened in front of them and managed to consume".
Inside the parcel was " a small plastic, screw top container".
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Ms Matthews swallowed " an unknown amount" of the substance it contained and had apparently told staff The Package contained " protein powder" the inquest heard.
Ms Barnes was told that patients were allowed to open their own parcels if supervised by staff.
The Jury was told that The Package had " foreign writing on it" and that the substance had apparently " been bought on the internet".
'Incredible character'A statement from Ms Matthews' Mother Jane was also read to The Court .
She Said Her Daughter was " an incredible character" who was " bright and vivacious" and who " lit up the lives" of everyone she met.
She loved sport and excelled at sailing, completing the gruelling Fastnet Race at the Age Of 15.
The Jury heard that in 2019 after a suicide attempt Ms Matthews suffered life-changing injuries.
She blogged about her recovery and her own Mental Health , gaining thousands of followers on Twitter.
Jane Matthews said Her Daughter had been able to help those who reached out to her and touched so many lives.
The inquest continues and is expected to finish next week.
Source of news: bbc.com
