A CORONER has raised concern over poor communication between a college and an NHS mental health service after a teenage boy with ADHD took his own life.

Henry Grierson, 17, was found dead in April this year, three days after he was expelled from Huddersfield New College.

Henry, of Rastrick, near Brighouse, was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when he was 10, but stopped taking medication for the condition when he was 14.

He had discharged himself from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in November 2023 and from addiction organisation Recovery Steps in April.

​The inquest heard the college's safeguarding team were not aware of the discharges.

Following the report, the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust said CAMHS will identify where it can learn and improve, while the college said it would welcome "anything that would support enhanced communication between organisations such as CAMHS and schools and colleges". 

 Henry with his family

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