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Pat Jackson took his own life while waiting for electroconvulsive therapy for depression.

By Hamish Mureddu-Reid & Simon JonesPat Jackson, 56, from Broadstairs, Kent, took his own life after "failings in his care", the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Trust said.The trust apologised "unreservedly" and said action had been taken to address the failings identified.Mrs Jackson said: "He wasn't himself anymore, and pleading for help when he was ill.

She wrote: "The trust has accepted that ECT should have been offered to Mr Jackson and that it has recognised that the failure to offer it fell below the high standard of care that we expect to offer.

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