Kurtis Ward, of Newmarket Street, Norwich, was discovered dead at his home on July 2, 2022. 

He is believed to have died by suicide.  

A pre-inquest review at Norfolk Coroner’s Court last year heard the full inquest would not proceed until a Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) had been completed. 

Norfolk Coroner's Court (Image: Newsquest)

Commissioned by the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, the report has now been published and examines his life and death, three weeks before his 22nd birthday.

The independent review found that although numerous agencies had contact with the family, Mr Ward himself was “largely invisible” within the system. 

He lived with complex needs throughout his life, including autism, chronic depression, anxiety with psychotic symptoms and a rare genetic condition known as Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. He also had coeliac disease and underwent major surgery in 2017. 

At home, he shared caring responsibilities for his sibling, who has a rare chromosome disorder and learning disability, and sometimes supported his mother. 

Kurtis Ward died in 2022 and his mother Rachel Spinney is still awaiting his inquest (Image: Newsquest)

Despite these pressures, the review........

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