My name is Tom Bell. Just over thirty years ago, my sister Alison was in the “care” of the NHS in Carlisle as a mental health inpatient and outpatient for over a year. Unknown to my family on the 12th August 1988 Alison had an abortion in Carlisle Hospital as a result of the illegal behaviour of an older trainee nurse. Vulnerable, mentally ill and alone, she was subjected to a hastily arranged crisis abortion which employees in the NHS helped…
