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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Laura winham | History Defined

DWP should have legal duty to look after benefits claimants, MPs say after woman’s body lay undiscovered for three years

Action needed after deaths of vulnerable claimants following benefits being stopped, MPs say

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Vulnerable woman who lay dead in flat for three years was ‘left to fend for herself by social services’

Laura Winham’s family say she would still be alive if social services had checked on her following police referral

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Woman who lay dead in flat for three years wrote she was ‘starving’ in diary

Inquest hears how 38-year-old Laura Winham, who was deaf and had schizophrenia, wrote of struggling to buy food

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

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Body of missing woman, 54, found 'part mummified' in London flat

Mental health services had struggled to reach Maria Kelly ‘many’ times, but no welfare check was carried out

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024

Family of woman who lay dead for three years had raised alarm, inquest hears

Family of Laura Winham, who was mentally unwell and lived in social housing, raised concerns two months before her remains were found

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

‘Skeletal’ body of man who lay dead in Bolton flat for six years discovered

Robert Alton, 70, is believed to have died in 2017 with his death going unnoticed by his landlord and local council

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Dis Life: 'Disabled people are too often falling off the radar and it's costing lives'

The story of Laura Winham, whose body lay unnoticed for years after her death, is not an isolated example of how disabled people are falling through the net, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

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Failure to check on Laura Winham a sign of ‘systemic’ problems, court told

Social workers did not carry out adequate checks on woman later found dead after three years, coroner hears

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2023

Gas engineer seen as important witness after 'mummified' woman was found in flat

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years after no one from social services or her apparent support network had checked on her well-being in years

Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

Council ‘failed to act’ on concerns for woman who lay dead in flat for years’ inquest hears

Laura Winham’s remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021, more than three years after concerns were raised by police

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2023

Council ‘failed to act’ on concerns for woman who lay dead in flat for three years

Laura Winham’s remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Council ‘failed to follow up concern for woman who lay dead in flat for years’

Laura Winham’s remains were found by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021.

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Family of woman found ‘mummified’ say privacy laws kept them in the dark

Laura Winham lay dead in her flat for three years before her brother discovered her body

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

‘Abandoned’ vulnerable woman lay dead in flat for more than three years

Laura Winham was found in a ‘mummified and skeletal state’ by her brother in May 2021

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

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Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Cops say no one else involved after mummified woman lay dead for nearly four years

Laura Winham, 38, is thought to have died in November 2017 but wasn't found until May 24, 2021 - her brother Roy called the police to break into the flat when he thought he saw a foot under a blanket through a letterbox

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Police say no third party involved after woman lay dead for almost four years

Laura Winham’s family say she was ‘abandoned and left to die’ by mental health and social services.

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

‘Abandoned’ vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years

Schizophrenic Laura Winham, 38, had written “I need help” on her calendar shortly before her death

Wales Online · Jan 27, 2023

Woman lay dead in her flat for three-and-a-half years until brother found her

Laura Winham’s sister said social care and mental health teams had “turned a blind eye” and everybody with a duty of care had “wiped their hands of her and forgot her”

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The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Vulnerable woman dead in flat for three years was ‘abandoned’, say family

Laura Winham was found in a ‘mummified and skeletal state’ by her brother in May 2021.

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Family of woman found mummified in flat say authorities 'washed hands' of victim

Laura Winham, 38, had been lying dead in her home for nearly four years and had written 'I need help' on her calendar a short time before her death in Woking, Surrey

Edinburgh Live · Jan 27, 2023

Vulnerable woman dead for years before body found with 'I need help' note

A heartbreaking hand-scrawled note on 38-year-old Laura Winham's calendar read 'I need help' - thought to have been written a short time before her death at her home.

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2023

Schizophrenic woman 'mummified' in home with 'I need help' note lay dead for years

Laura Winham's body lay in her home for almost four years alongside a heartbreaking note on her calendar after no family or social services checked up on her.

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

Schizophrenic woman dead for years before mummified body found with 'I need help' note

Laura Winham's sister said the 38-year-old had been 'badly let down' by social services after her body was found almost four years after she died in her social housing flat in Woking

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

Vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years

Laura Winham, 38, had severe mental illnesses and was ‘abandoned’ by NHS and social services, family allege

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