Man died at Bude beach after entering the water at night

A mentally ill man died on a Cornish beach after accidentally bumping his head on a rock, an investigation has heard.

Edward Chichester Renshaw, known to his friends as Ted, died Thursday the 22nd.

Examination of the 39-year-old after Holsworthy’s death found that he suffered from serious mental health problems, including schizophrenia.

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However, against the wishes of his family and carers, he stopped taking his medication at the end of July 2019.

Evidence from Mr. Renshaw’s mother showed that he believed his drugs would kill him.

Mr. Renshaw lived with his parents but returned on Friday the 16th.

His parents said he had become “more and more delusional, combative and irritated”.

They feared that if their son was not admitted to the hospital, he might leave for what they described as “one of his adventures”.

What unfolded, however, was delays in a mental health assessment, which meant Mr Renshaw was not hospitalized that weekend.

He then packed his bags and left the nursing home on Monday morning and was found dead three days later.

The investigation learned that local hospital beds were not available to Mr. Renshaw over the weekend, but no efforts were made to locate one outside of the county.

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Mr Davies stated that this was due to “underfunding and unusually excessive demand” faced by mental health professionals.

In the meantime, the decision has not been challenged by the nursing home.

Mr Davies said this was because nursing home bosses found Mr Renshaw “compliant and manageable”.

They said a staff member told Ted it was not a good idea to leave the nursing home, but they had no authority to detain him.

The nursing home also believed that the decision not to pursue an out-of-home admission had already been made by the foundation.

In the meantime, no calls have been made to the family about the problem.

Mr Davies stated that if the Mental Health Foundation had been aware of the family’s concerns, more efforts would have been made to find admission outside the county.

Even so, Mr Davies found that neither the nursing home nor the Psychiatric Foundation had neglected Mr Renshaw for the reasons stated, and he was pleased that changes were made.

The coroner said Mr. Renshaw is not suicidal.

He said he left the nursing home with two bags full, including shoe polish and one that did not announce his intention to return.

He said there had been no evidence of suicidal thoughts or self-harming behavior in the past three years.

Mr Davies said: “Edward Chichester Renshaw died Thursday the 22nd of a mental illness while awaiting a mental health exam.

“My legal conclusion is that this was an accidental death, so an accident will be the legal conclusion that was recorded for Ted’s death.”

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