Father haunted by avoidable death

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A nine-year-old girl killed by her suicidal mother would still be alive if health staff followed basic procedures, a report is expected to say.

Madeline O'Neill took her own life after killing her daughter Lauren at their home in Carryduff in July 2005.

The Eastern and Western Health Boards received the report last May and say they are implementing its findings.

Mrs O'Neill's estranged husband John said he would be "haunted forever" that Lauren's death was easily preventable.

The report is to be made public later on Thursday, but Mr O'Neill said he believed "those who bear responsibility for these untimely deaths should be held fully accountable for their shameful neglect of care".

The inquiry has been examining mental health care received by Mrs O'Neill as well as child protection issues arising from the case.

Mrs O'Neill was originally from Londonderry, and received her last hospital care in the city's Gransha Hospital.

She had also been a patient at Knockbracken Health Care Park in south Belfast.