The Priory Group, one of the UK’s largest private mental health care providers, is facing scrutiny after the death of a fifth patient at its Cheadle Royal Hospital. Amina Ismail, 20, died in September 2023, a year after three other young women died at the same unit. The new inquest follows the deaths of Beth Matthews, Lauren Bridges, and Deseree Fitzpatrick. Richard Caseby, whose son Matthew died after escaping from a Priory hospital in 2020, has called for a criminal inquiry into the group. Caseby alleges that the Priory is a “fundamentally dangerous company” that “persistently refuses to learn from its mistakes and neglect.”