27/04/00: Arron's Mum phoned Parkinson to ask him to stop giving Arron sleeping pills as he was abusing them with alcohol. She was told it was not her business, Aaron is a man. He could not even spell our Son's name, that's how well he knew him!

28/04/00: Paul D. (social worker) phoned on the following day about sleeping pills.

29/04/00: Doctor refused night call out to Arron until Gary F. (emergency out-of-hours team intervened).

30/04/00:ARRON in Hollins Park Hospital  overdose.

25/11/00: Arron’s Mum phoned  Parkinson about  Valium.

29/11/00:Admitted Hollins Park Hospital  overdose.

30/11/00: Hollins Park Hospital phoned Parkinson. Asked Doctor not to prescribe Zopiclone.

10/01/00      10 x 7.5mg.

20/01/00     20 x 7.5mg.

13/03/00     10 x 7.5mg.

20/03/00    28 x 3.75mg.

20/03/00    28 x 7.5mg.

01/04/00     28 x 3.75mg.

01/04/00     28 x 7.5mg.

14/04/00     28 x 3.75mg.

14/04/00     28 x 7.5mg.

26/04/00    28 x 3.75mg.

26/04/00    28 x 7.5mg.

29/11/00     30 x 7.5mg.

30/11/00       1 x 7.5mg.

21/02/01     20 x 7.5m.g

 

25/02/01     05 x 7.5m.g

 In my letter I said Social Services asked him NOT to prescribe Zopliclone. In his reply he said Social Services never asked him NOT to prescribe Diazepam (VALIUM). Throughout the course of this whole charade, they changed the words to blind and confuse, i.e., Diazepam, Benzodiazepines, VALIUM. They avoided using the term VALIUM, so much that it became very obvious!
We were not happy with his reply and after several telephone conversations, via the Mediator, (NCHA), it was suggested that maybe we would like a conciliation meeting with the G.P. We declined, sending a message back saying that if he had allowed us a meeting prior to Arron's death, these circumstances would not be and our only Son would still be alive!
At the same time, I was busy requesting medical records from various sources, some of which required the services of a Solicitor to make application. First we contacted a medical neglicence Solicitor who quickly told us that because Arron had no dependants it would not be viable to pursue this. We then contacted a mental health/human rights Solicitor. He accepted the case and made applications on our behalf. Initial funding was granted to allow the Solicitor to help us prepare for the Inquest, a fifty mile journey each time we saw the Solicitor! Solicitors jump on the bandwagon at a time like this, knowing in advance that they can only go so far but even the short distance produces some easy pickings! Lo and behold! Funding was refused for representation at the Inquest. How the guilty close ranks when the pressure is on! In March, 02, we received copies of the Post Mortem report, the Chemist's records and the G.P's records.
We got dome shocks when we read the Post Mortem reports. Apart from getting his weight and height wrong, the Pathologist suggested that the cause of death was Heroin and Methadone toxicity, via an intravenous route! This, of course, was pending toxicology reports! No mention of Valium overdose, no reason for death. When the toxicology reports were finally issued they confirmed the Pathologist's suggested findings and we began to wonder if they had the right body! Let us make this very clear: Arron never, ever injected drugs. You are all getting on with your lives. We are still looking for closure and justice for our Son!

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