NHS boss was on performance review when patient killed herself with bin bag left in the toilet

An NHS boss accused of manslaughter after a suicidal woman killed herself at a mental health hospital had been on a ‘performance improvement plan’ for three years. Benjamin Aninakwa, 52, was manager of an acute psychiatric ward at Goodmayes Hospital, where Alice Figueiredo, 22, was found dead on 7 July 2015. Aninakwa denies gross negligence manslaughter for failing to take the necessary steps to manage that risk that Ms Figueredo posed to her own life when he had a duty…