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Priory Group plead guilty to health and safety charges over death of teenage girl

PRIVATE mental healthcare firm the Priory Group is facing a multimillion-pound fine for breaching health and safety laws after a 14-year-old girl died in its care, Brighton magistrates’ court heard today.

The Priory Group pleaded guilty to health and safety charges following the death of Amy El-Keria in 2012.

She was an NHS-funded patient in a specialist children’s unit at Ticehurst House in East Sussex, a private psychiatric hospital run by the Priory Group.

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