“I felt so alone. I was desperate for help.” That was the tearful statement from a mother who has blamed the lack of resource at West Berkshire’s mental health service for the death of her son. A catalogue of errors leading up to the death of 23-year-old Charlie Whitehouse emerged during the inquest into his death at Berkshire Coroner’s Court in Reading on Monday. The health service said it was down to “being busy” and having “staffing issues”. Candice Whitehouse found out her son had died three days after he had gone missing from Bramlings House in August last year. Bramlings House is a suppo…
