Nearly a week after a young man fell to his death from a hospital chimney the hospital has still not given any assurances that the area has been thoroughly inspected to ensure it cannot happen again.

The mental health inpatient who was just 20, fell from the high chimney on the Epsom Hospital site at 6.20pm last Friday.

Now his friends are launching an appeal to ensure that all hospital premises are a safe place for all patients.

This newspaper has asked Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust several times for an assurance that the area has been checked and sealed off to prevent any further tragedies.

It has said that it cannot give a guarantee that the area is completely safe and has only said that: "It’s not a public area so it is usually not accessible."

Friends of the dead man, who was using mental health services at the hospital provided by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, are now urging people to get behind their campaign to make all hospitals safe.

In a statement they said: "Our dear friend Adam is the 20-year-old man who fell to his death on Friday whilst in the care of Epsom Hospital’s mental health unit.

"As evidenced by the photograph in the Guardian, Adam was able to scale an extremely high tower from which he fell.

"Adam was very ill having spent a month in hospital before he died. We, his many friends, want to prevent the possibility of any such recurrence in Adam’s memory.

"As a priority, action must be taken to ensure that patients in the care of a hospital’s mental health unit are maintained in a safe and secure environment.

"If, like us, you believe that for a hospital to enable a fall from a high tower is both preventable and unacceptable, please email; twcsc123@gmail.com with ‘Adam - something must be done!’ as the subject.

"The more emails we receive in Adam’s memory the sooner corrective action will occur.

"Thank you, Adam’s friends."

The initiative is being launched during Mental Health Awareness week - a time when charities raise awareness about those suffering from mental health problems.

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