(Treatment agency notes from keyworker): Deceased (male
aged 31, recovering heroin addict – as was his partner) was
on a methadone script and had ceased using all illicit drugs.
Their two children had been placed on the child protection
register six months before his death. Leading up to his death
he found coping with family responsibilities extremely difficult
and in order to raise extra money began to miss clinic
appointments saying he had to work. I became concerned for
his health, when I saw him after a gap of two weeks as he
appeared to have lost a lot of weight. He was referred to a
primary care unit and advised to go and get screening.