Too Little, Too Late

Rachel Fairhurst

Published on: 06/09/2025

The tragic story of Victoria Taylor - a mother and nurse repeatedly failed by mental health and crisis services despite clear signs of trauma and suicidal distress. It dissects the systemic gaps in threshold-driven care, throughput pressures, and lack of trauma concordance that culminated in her preventable death. The Trauma Regulation Board’s regulatory framework could close these gaps and ensure no family is left “too little, too late"