In 1987 a seriously ill vulnerable 21yr old was committed to an NHS mental health hospital in northern England. She was groomed and exploited by a 35yr old trainee psychiatric nurse called Robert Scott-Buccleuch and became pregnant. The nurse and his colleague, Dr T M Singh, the consultant psychiatrist treating her, arranged an abortion and then withheld information to conceal what had happened.
On Friday 13th December 1991, that same young woman, distressed and more conflicted than when she was admitted to hospital in 1987, stepped in front a train at Rotherham Rail Station and ended her life. We entrusted my sister Alison to the NHS because she needed professional help. Instead of being helped, she was exploited in a hospital in which managers turned a blind eye to illegal behaviours.
In May 2025, after decades battling for justice, the Crown Prosecution Service blocked our third and final effort to prosecute Robert Scott-Buccleuch – they say a trial is not in the public interest. This website tells the story of a failed quest to obtain justice and highlights system-wide failures that enabled an NHS employee to avoid prosecution for committing serious crimes with devastating consequences.
Alison's Story 