THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS OPEN LETTER REQUIRES THE SERIOUS ATTENTION OF

HAMPSHIRE CONSTABUALRY

SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman

The Health and Care Professions Council

This updates my previous ‘open letter’ sent on the 5th July, 2024.

The addressees of this letter are

Gemma Stubbington, Head of Nursing, Professions and Quality, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dr J Olofinlade, CMHT Bridge Centre, Basingstoke

Dr Viv Cowdrill, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Dr Bethan Williams, Community Lead Clinical Psychologist, CMHT Bridge Centre, Basingstoke

Luke Murphy, MP for Basingstoke

Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary, Home Department

Rt Hon. Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice

Scott Johnson, Chief Inspector, Basingstoke District, Hampshire Police

Donna Jones, Hampshire & IOW Police & Crime Commissioner

Cleo Fearon, Caseworker, The Health and Care Professions Council

Rebecca Hilsenrath, CEO, The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman

Mark Peirce, caseworker. The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman

Colum Conway, CE, Social Work England

Care Quality Commission, for the attention of Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive Officer

Integrated Care Board, Hampshire and IOW c/o Libby Thomas

To be shared widely with the national press

And disseminated widely on social media

      CONTENTS

1)      RECAP

2)      HUNGER STRIKES

3)      CHIEF CONSTABLE, SCOTT JOHNSON

4)      LATEST MENTAL HEALTH APPRAISAL

5)      SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

6)      LUKE MURPHY, MP FOR BASINGSTOKE

7)      PHSO AND HCPC

8)      RESET

1)      RECAP

The following is a brief recap, included here for the benefit of those newly invited.

1)      I have been suffering, life long, from Complex PTSD as a result of emotional abuse and neglect as a child.

2)      My daughter, Meg, has been suffering from a co morbidity of mental health issues since childhood, including OCD and autism.

3)      CAMHS, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke, failed, on two historically separate occasions, to meet their professional obligation in tending to my daughter’s mental health issues and were incompetent and arguably, clinically negligent.

4)      I was psychologically abused by Sally Mungall, art therapist appointed by CAMHS, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke to deliver ‘parent work’. Sally Mungall acted beyond her remit, incompetently unpacking intergenerational trauma and unable to contain transference and counter-transference within the therapeutic relationship. As a result I was re-traumatised and rendered suicidal.

5)      I was misrepresented, lied to, monitored, wrongly risk-assessed and dishonestly pathologised by Sally Mungall and her clinical cohorts and leadership staff at CAMHS, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke.

6)      Leadership at CAMHS and the wider Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, particularly Wanda Reynolds, General Manager of CAMHS within the Trust, were negligent and dishonest in their managing of me which led to a suicide attempt by me and detention under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act in April 2022.

7)      Initial evidence that proved that I had been misrepresented, lied to, monitored, wrongly risk-assessed and dishonestly pathologised by staff at CAMHS, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke was disclosed by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust on the 15th June 2022 following an access to records request. This further traumatised me.

8)      My formal complaint lodged against CAMHS and the wider Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust via PALS was incompetently investigated and I escalated my complaint to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman.

9)      By September 2022 I had still not been accepted into the care of CMHT the Bridge Centre, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and my daughter, Meg, was still on a waiting list for psychotherapeutic intervention. I was still the main carer and sole advocate for my daughter’s mental health but very much on my own, burned out and alone.

10)  PHSO wrote to me telling me that a caseworker could not be allocated to my complaint for up to 11 months because of a Covid 19 backlog. PHSO eventually overlooked my complaint completely for over a year until my MP, Maria Miller intervened. In the meantime I was, again, suicidal.

11)  In an effort to understand the nature of the psychological abuse suffered by me at CAMHS and, following advice offered by the British Association of Art Therapists and advisories embedded within the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics, published on the website of the Health and Care Professions Council, the regulatory body that Sally Mungall is registered with, I forwarded my documented PALS/PHSO complaint and then a polite letter directly to Sally Mungall using contact details published online through her Art Therapy website. I gave my written assurance that I would make no further contact if she informed me that contact made her uncomfortable. She did not reply but, instead, immediately informed Hampshire Constabulary.

12)  I was visited by PC Newstead on 25th September 2022 and advised to make no further contact with Sally Mungall. Despite being assured that ‘no further action’ would be taken and that I have ‘no criminal record’, Hampshire Constabulary are adamant in maintaining records of three ‘occurrences’ on their database that identify me by name as having committed an ‘offence’ of ‘unwanted contact’ following ‘ongoing harassment/stalking’ under a ‘Catagory 2 Violent and Sexual offences’ to be ‘reviewed’ in 10 years time because I am now deemed to be of ‘risk’ to the general public. It may even be that such records will be kept until I am 100 years old! The visit by PC Newstead was traumatising. Knowledge of records that identify me by name as having committed the offence alluded to above has been traumatising, exacerbated my Complex PTSD. I absolutely dispute Hampshire Constabulary’s contention that I committed an ‘offence’. I DID NOT COMMIT ANY ‘OFFENCE’. I HAVE NEVER STALKED OR HARASSED ANYONE AND I HAVE NEVER COMMITTED ANY VIOLENT OR SEXUAL OFFENCES.

13)   I complained to Hampshire Constabulary but my complaint was not upheld. I have been advised by Hampshire Constabulary that the records will remain on their database and that my only recourse is a judicial review. I have since been advised by multiple legal entities that a judicial review would cost me somewhere in the region of £30,000.

14)  Hampshire Constabulary have been particularly obstructive and it took me over a year of robust enquiry, through four separate departments, before they acknowledged the full details of the records and the false accusations being held against my name.

2)      HUNGER STRIKES

 On the 21st of December, 2023, I widely shared an ‘open letter’ detailing my intention to protest CAMHS and CMHT in Basingstoke and Hampshire Constabulary by way of hunger strikes. The following is an extract taken from that ‘open letter’,

‘I am writing this ‘open letter’ out of abject frustration and with simmering anger over the way that my daughter and I have been treated by CAMHS, Basingstoke and continue to be treated by CMHT, Basingstoke.

I have spent inordinate amounts of time and effort advocating for the mental health welfare of Meg I have now exhausted my patience and goodwill after fighting to hold those responsible for abuse, neglect and damage of both of us to account. Finally, my good reputation in the face of disingenuous misrepresentation and spurious allegations has yet to be repaired.

I am now forced to resort to extreme measures in order that my grievances against CAMHS, Basingstoke, CMHT The Bridge Centre, Basingstoke and Hampshire Constabulary are addressed and resolved to my reasonable satisfaction.

To that end I am informing all addresses of this ‘open letter’ of my intentions going forward.

HUNGER STRIKES

FIRST HUNGER STRIKE reference to SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Meg is currently part way through temporary work with CMHT psychotherapist, Stan Roman. There are three sessions left to be completed with Stan and we anticipate that work concluding by the middle of February 2024 at the latest. As yet, there are still no firm dates nor a named practitioner allocated for Meg’s recommended long term psychotherapy and no firm dates nor a named practitioner to continue ERP therapy. There is a promised ‘review’ at the end of Stan Roman’s temporary work but it is likely that Meg will face a further indeterminate wait for therapy. By the 8th of March 2024 it will have been two years since Meg was originally referred.

Unless there is a psychotherapist allocated to start the recommended long term work with Meg by 23RD February 2024 and a guarantee of seamless and timely transition into additional therapy if further therapy is needed I will immediately commence a hunger strike.

If Southern Health resolve the issues with appropriate and timely allocation of psychotherapy for my daughter within 6 weeks then I will end my hunger strike on or before the 5th April 2024.

SECOND HUNGER STRIKE reference to HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY

Hampshire Constabulary has repeatedly refused to remove information that identifies me from their database. As I understand things, that information identifies me as the suspect of an ‘offence’ of ‘unwanted contact’ with CAMHS art therapist, Sally Mungall. The ‘offence’ is being retained, allegedly, in accordance with Management of Police Information guidelines ( MoPI ) and falls under ‘Catagory 2 – violent and sexual offences’ and will be retained for at least 10 years.

This is an outrageous perversion of justice.

I have clearly demonstrated that the ‘contact’ with Sally Mungall was NOT ‘unwanted’, or that the ‘contact’ was, at least, made in goodwill following advice published on the British Association of Art Therapist website and, more pertinently, the Health and Care Professions Council, website. The first ‘contact’ with Sally Mungall was a complaint document sent to her out of professional courtesy. The second ‘contact’ made shortly after the first was asking for help in understanding what had gone wrong during my sessions with her at CAMHS, Bramblys Drive, Basingstoke during Sep to Dec 2021 and during the subsequent investigation that had misrepresented me in medical records. The second ‘contact’ even suggested that if Sally Mungall was feeling uncomfortable with my contact that she should let me know and I would contact her no further. She chose to immediately complain to Hampshire Constabulary.’

The first hunger strike was called off after Gemma Stubbington, Head of Nursing, Professions and Quality overseeing CMHT Basingstoke on behalf of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust personally intervened and authorised mental health therapies for Meg.

The second hunger strike commenced on the 27th April, 2024 and carried on for nine weeks. My physical health was strictly monitored by CMHT, Basingstoke and I lost a quarter of my body weight. During the final five days of my protest I was absolutely nil by mouth, having also refused water and all other liquids. During that final week an ambulance was called on my behalf on two separate occasions and I was admitted into the Emergency Department at Basingstoke Hospital while, in the background, preparations were being made to detain me under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. I called a temporary suspension to my second hunger strike on the 27th June, 2024.

3)      CHIEF CONSTABLE, SCOTT JOHNSON

On the 19th July, 2024, I received the following email from Gemma Stubbington, Head of Nursing, Profession and Quality, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

‘Dear Mark

I received an email from Scott Johnson who is a chief inspector with the police. He used my email from your open letter and from your letters he noted that you are under the services at Bridge Centre. He contacted me as he stated that primacy was for your health.

I responded back that one of your concerns hence the open letter is due to protest against the Hampshire Constabulary.

I wanted to advise the email I received back which stated

'He has previously made a complaint and it has not been upheld by our Professional Standards Dept and he is aware of this. I am not intending to re-engage in this matter as I cannot provide hime with the outcome he seeks.'

I wanted you to know of this communication.

Kind regards

Gemma'

My response to this was outrage. I had included Chief Inspector, Scott Johnson, in my list of pertinent addressees in my ‘open letter’ of the 5th July, 2024 primarily out of professional courtesy but the Chief Inspector avoided affording me the same courtesy and responded indirectly. I should hardly be surprised as I am obviously regarded by him and his cohorts with absolute contempt.

I asked Gemma for a copy of Scott Johnson’s complete email but Scott Johnson refuses to allow that email to be shared with me. On the 5th August, 2024, I received the following email from Gemma

‘Dear Mark  I have received an email back from Scott Johnson. He has advised I am unable to share his email, which I must respect.

He has advised if you wish to make a complaint about this you do so by Professionals Standards Department.

Kind regards

Gemma'

What the hell!! This kind of obfuscation has been typical throughout my dealings with Hampshire Constabulary. Indeed, the tactical opaque strategy adopted by Hampshire Constabulary is a mirror to the same lack of transparency encountered at CAMHS, Bramblys Drive Basingstoke and the wider Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust throughout 2022 and 2023. It is this same covert and conspiratorial policy that has had profound negative repercussions on my mental health, exacerbating life-threatening symptoms associated with Complex-PTSD.

Just what, exactly, is the Chief Inspector attempting to hide from me?

4)      LATEST MENTAL HEALTH APPRAISAL

I was invited to attend a mental health appraisal at CMHT, Basingstoke ( Bridge Centre, New Road ) and meet with Dr Viv Cowdrill and Dr Bethan Williams. Viv is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Bethan is Community Lead Clinical Psychologist and both already have a good working knowledge of my mental health needs and are in full agreement that I am currently suffering trauma which is in alignment with a formal diagnosis of Complex-PTSD already made by a third NHS clinician, psychiatrist, Dr Joseph Bray, earlier this year.

I made a tentative agreement that I would continue with the temporary suspension of my second hunger strike. There was a general consensus that I may be in the right psychological frame of mind to be receptive to further psychological therapies to follow on from the extensive trauma based therapies that I have already received at CMHT the Bridge Centre. I told Viv and Bethan about my upcoming social media campaign, a pro-social action which might have a therapeutic benefit in its own right.

5)      SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

Part of the rationale for temporarily suspending my second hunger strike is so that I can carry out an intensive social media campaign to raise widespread public awareness of my story. My story needs to be told. It is in the public interest. I intend to disseminate ALL the facts surrounding this case. It may be that others have been affected by the same individual clinicians or institutions or it may be that others across the country have similar grievances with mental health service providers either at CAMHS level or at Foundation Trust level. By publishing ALL the fact surrounding this cases, including names of individual clinicians and the wider institutions involved I create an authentic, personal story that other people can relate to. The events and circumstances that I intend to include in my story will be based on verifiable, evidence-based facts. I will be explicit in identifying those incidences where I speculate or offer opinion

I also need to ensure that I have the widest available audience watching me when I recommence my hunger strike. There was absolutely NO movement by Hampshire Constabulary following nine weeks of hunger strike and the risk to my life. It will be interesting to see the reaction when my story is laid bare under public scrutiny and judged in the court of public opinion.

It may just be that my published story will lead to legal assistance and or intervention at the highest governmental, ministerial levels.

6)      LUKE MURPHY, MP FOR BASINGSTOKE

My case had been supported by the former MP for Basingstoke, Maria Miller. Maria intervened directly during the latter stages of my second hunger strike and had previously intervened when my initial formal complaint made in September 2022 against Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust had been completely overlooked by the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman for over a year. Following the recent General Election, Luke Murphy is now the incumbent MP for Basingstoke. I am appealing to Luke Murphy, as my parliamentary representative, to take up my case and forward it to the Home Office and to the Ministry of Justice. I understand that Parliament does not reconvene until the 4th of September. Until Maria Miller’s office completes transfer of my files to Luke and Parliament return from their summer break I will not have any political representation.

7)      PHSO AND HCPC

I have made repeated attempts to contact Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman caseworker, Mark Peirce, for an update on the progress of my complaint about CAMHS and the wider Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust first lodged in September 2022. The PHSO overlooked my case entirely for a year until Maria Miller, MP for Basingstoke intervened and wrote to the CO. I last spoke to PHSO caseworker, Mark Peirce, on the 17th May, 2024 but he has not responded to any of my enquiries for almost three months. It has been almost two years since I lodged my complaint and yet there is still NO tangible progress with my case. It is likely that I have, again, been overlooked.

Similarly, I have made repeated attempts to contact Health and Care Professions Council caseworker, Cleo Fearon, for an update on the progress of my ‘fitness to practice’ complaint about HCPC registrant, Sally Mungall, first lodged in September 2022. I last spoke to Cleo Fearon in January, 2024 but there has been no response to any of my enquiries, either directly to Cleo or indirectly through the HCPC ‘feedback’ contact, since the 2nd July, 2024. It has been almost two years since I lodged my complaint and yet there is still NO tangible progress with my case.

8)      RESET

I had notified all, by way of my ‘open letter’ dated 5th July, 2024, that I intended resuming my hunger strike on the 11th August, 2024. Circumstances detailed above mean that I have postponed that hunger strike.  My email to Gemma Stubbington sent on the 5th August explains I would add

'With reference to your prior email received at 8.18 this morning and my meeting with Viv and Bethan, I had agreed to postpone reuptake of my hunger strike. This is ostensibly to allow my new social media campaign to properly embed itself; there are over two thousand pages of documaented evidence that I need to disseminate and this will take considerably longer than I had originally anticipated if I am to do it properly and create widespread public awareness of my story. That said, I immediately fell into a deep suicidal despair at the thought of not taking up my protest which was planned to recommence this Saturday evening. I felt that I was in control during my previous 9 week hunger strike and felt at peace with myself psychologically. I will constantly re-

evaluate my position but need to assure all concerned that hunger strike is all but inevitable. It is my committment to end my life as publically as possible should the injustice metered out by Hampshire Constabulary not be reversed. I just need to be sure that I have as much of Britain watching as possible.’

I would add that I also want my story to be taken up by my parliamentary representative and heard by the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice.  Parliament has been recently disrupted by the General Election and will not reconvene until after the 4th September, 2024. I did not anticipate a General Election when I started my last hunger strike and I need to time the resuming of my next hunger strike to coincide with a properly attentive, functioning and present Parliament.

Thank you for your time spent reading this open letter.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Stock

11th August, 2024