05/09/2026
Three-plus years to get to today.
The beginning of the Sussex Inquiry. All I’ve ever wanted from this is accountability. For those who provided negligent care, and those higher up who allowed it, covered it up or failed to act, to face some form of repercussions.
I hope this review can finally provide that. I’ve done everything I can to fight in honour of my daughter, and I have given it everything I had. I’m really bloody proud of all I’ve overcome and the person she has helped me become. Someone who is no longer afraid to speak up, have their voice heard and advocate not only for herself but others too.
Speaking to Sky News after today’s meeting is something that has almost become second nature to me now. After so many years of interviews, cameras and telling our story, I think
I’ve become somewhat dissociated from it all.
I constantly say I’ve done enough, that I’m exhausted from having to relive the worst days of my life over and over again. But when presented with the opportunity to say my daughter’s name, it’s something I can never turn down.
Because one day, there will be no more media outlets interested in our story. No one asking questions. No one asking about my daughter. And when that day comes, I know I’ll miss these opportunities to talk about her.
But I’m tired now. I’m ready for Donna and her team to take over the heavy load. Ready to close this chapter of fighting and to have the chance to focus on the happiness she brought us. Because of the negligence, the legal case and the campaigning that can be lost. We may have only had nine months with her, but my gosh, those were some of the happiest of my life.
Time to focus not on what was taken from us, but on everything she gave us. 💛