Hospital turned away suicidal autistic 8 year old

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A mother has revealed that she has been waiting several weeks to get urgent help for her eight-year-old son who tried to kill himself and wrote heartbreaking suicide notes. Jack Rogan, who has autism, started telling people ‘please everyone forget me’ and ‘burn me alive’ over the last year. Doctor tells woman to have 'as much sex as she can handle' to treat depression He had also tried to take his own life with a pair of scissors, his mother Kerry Linnell, 43, revealed. She took him to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in October following his suicide attempt, but doctors said there were no beds available on a specialist unit, despite agreeing that he was in severe distress. Ms Linnell praised the staff for doing what they could to help, but added that he was put on a ward where there was no mental health treatment and he remained there for seven weeks.

A Justice for Jacko Facebook page has been set up by friends of his family and a petition has been launched calling for more beds for children with mental health problems. Earlier this stars from Liverpool FC visited Jack, an Everton fan. Liverpool FC stars paid a touching visit to the young Everton fan this week and Ms Linnell praised the ‘amazing’ ward staff, but said they were not trained to properly support him. Liverpool MP Luciana Berger said Jack’s case highlighted a huge children’s mental health crisis, telling Parliament last night emergency admissions were at record highs but many prevention services had been slashed.