My son had a loving family and an idyllic home in the Cotswolds. But this is how I ended up paying his drug dealer in a stairwell, begging the NHS for help and, after years of trying to save him, planning his funeral at just 23

With mental health services. To me the NHS mental health service feels like a system designed to keep out the very people most in need. She was a lovely girl and for a while his mental health improved but, eventually, his demons returned and she couldn’t cope with his behaviour. It was early morning in January of this year that the call came from Anthony to say Aidan had died. It’s why I want some good to come from this and gave evidence about the gap between addiction and mental health services to an NHS Urgent Care pathway group.