After the funeral of Leeds, Mam’s anger keeps the child’s body at home

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An investigation by the BBC has revealed that a funeral director has been banned in leads in NHS Maternity Ward and Morters, a BBC investigation revealed.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust said that it had stopped 38 -year -old Amy Upton in spring this year from her mortaries and maternity wards.

One mother said that in Ms. Upton’s living room, her dead son was left “shouting” after her dead son was seen by a child’s bouncer “cartoon”.

Ms. Upton said that she had only two complaints in the eight years of supporting her child’s loss and funeral service, Flori’s army.

Zo ward, Blue, was three weeks, when he died of brain damage in Leeds General Information in 2021.

After the 32 -year -old Ms. Ward, after the recommendation of a family friend, the Flori’s army asked to arrange his funeral.

He said that she had spoken to Ms. Upton and thought that the service looked “fantastic”.

Flori’s army stated that this condolence supports the bereaved parents, providing free handprints, photos, baby clothes and a dedicated funeral service.

According to her post on Facebook, Ms. Upton founded the group after her own daughter’s stilbourne was stilbured in 2017.

Ms. Ward said that the body of Blue was lifted from the hospital by a person on behalf of the Blarkey’s army.

He said that he thought he would be in the “professional setting”.

But when she used to travel to travel the next day, Ms. Upton was seen in a baby bouncer in a baby bouncer in a baby bouncer in the living room “with her son’s body to see the Cartoon” cartoon “to see the Ms. ward” nervous “.

“I realized that it was blue and that was [Ms Upton] Says: ‘Come, we are watching PJ masks.’

“There is a cat scratch in the corner and I can hear a dog barking and there was another [dead] Child on the couch. It was not a good scene.

“I shook my mother and I am saying, ‘It’s not right’ … I was screaming on the phone [saying]: ‘It is maqi, it is dirty, he cannot live here.’ ,

Ms. Ward’s mother then arranged for another funeral director to collect Blue’s body and she was removed from the care of Ms. Upton.

“I didn’t want her to have that house,” Ms. Ward said, adding the “strange” experience, left her “upset and angry”.

The funeral industry is irregular in England and Wales. There are no legal requirements about how and where the bodies should be stored, and no qualification is required to establish the funeral as Director.

Two main trade organizations – the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and the National Society of Allied and Independent Final Directors (SAIF) – have a joint code of conduct, which says that members will have to undergo regular inspection of their complexes and procedures.

The best practice suggests that the body should be placed in a clean and clinical environment between 4-7 ° C.

However, membership is voluntary and Ms. Upton is not a member of any organization.

Sharon and Paul (not their real names) were introduced to Ms. Upton through a family friend after their daughter in another Leeds Hospital, St. James’ earlier this year.

He said that he had agreed to take his daughter by Flori’s army, as Ms. Upton had inspired her to believe that the body was being placed in a funeral parlor in Headingley until burial.

But he said that after a week after a week, Ms. Apon told her that her daughter was at her house – from where she hoped that she expects her to be. He said that he has not given his consent to take him there.

“I didn’t know why she was there,” Sharon said.

The couple did not know how long their daughter’s body was in Ms. Upton, but Sharon believes it was not kept at the right temperature, saying that it was “really smelly, as she was there and not calm”.

The BBC understands that Ms. Upton has a cold cot – with electric cooling pads to maintain low temperatures – which she uses at her home and lends to families.

However, the BBC has observed evidence that it shows that the bodies have not always been placed in a cold cot under Ms. Upton’s care.

Sharon and Paul said that as soon as they realized that her child was in Ms. Upton’s house, she went to bring her home in Leeds and moved her to another funeral director.

Sharon’s mother said: “It was just crazy. If I told someone about this story … then he feels that it was a scary film.”

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust stated that it allowed only the bodies to signed out of their mortgage by the authorized funeral directors.

Both Ms. Ward and Shheron and Paul’s infants were signed by Philip Galagher of Galagher funeral services in one of the author’s authorized funeral directors.

Mr. Galagher said that she had a “working relationship” with Ms. Upton for five years, which included “providing the funeral for the loved ones of the people who have become unhappy”.

He said, “We know that two families have expressed concern about the service that she provides; however, this is our understanding that these concerns have been thoroughly investigated,” he said.

Mr. Gallaghar, who is not a member of the business NAFD or SAIF, did not answer questions how or why the body of Sharon and Paul’s child was taken to Ms. Upton’s house from his headingley parlor.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust said it received “many serious concerns” about Ms. Upton’s services over the years.

It said that Flori’s army was not connected or connected to its hospitals and raised her concerns about the activities of Ms. Upton with police, external security services, relevant regulators and the office of the coroner.

“When we first became aware of concerns, we implemented additional steps in our frontal services at the top of our already strong measures,” said this.

“We have specific safety measures since 2021, including monitoring [Ms Upton’s] Presence when visiting the deceased patients in Morchery in his funeral service role. ,

The trust stated that earlier this year, her actions against Ms. Upton were “strengthened” and now she was not allowed “as a patient” in her mortars, or in her maternity wards.

The West Yorkshire police confirmed that it had investigated two reports about the funeral service of Ms. Upton since 2021, but “after extensive interrogation … no possible crimes were identified”.

A spokesperson said: “We recognize that the concerns raised by these two families must have been added to the crisis felt already during incredibly difficult times. Our thoughts remain with them.”

The BBC asked Ms. Upton to claim that her house is an inappropriate place to keep the dead bodies of children, in which the bodies had permission for pets, and they asked to confirm whether he had taken the bodies from the parlor of the funeral of Shri Galagher without the consent of the parents.

Ms. Upton did not respond to the claims, but said that she had only two complaints in eight years as she established the Flori’s army.

Many reviews of her services on Facebook are positive, some families have described the service as “amazing” and “inspirational”.

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George Roberts, director of Saif’s funeral, said that the condolences were entitled to a professional service and needed to know that they were in “safe hands”.

Mr. Roberts, whose family has been in business in Scarborough for 40 years, said it was “wrong” that the directors of the funeral did not need to be qualified.

,[Anyone] Can easily go online, design business cards, print them and put them through neighbor’s doors and sit back and wait for the phone ring, “he said.

A statutory code for funeral directors It was introduced in Scotland in March.

The government is yet to reply to a recommendation given by an inquiry in July, stating that it should introduce statutory rules in England.

But in response to our findings, a government spokesperson said: “Our views remain with grieving families affected by this terrible situation. They hoped that their children would be treated with dignity and respect.

“We are committed to taking action to ensure that the highest standards are always met by funeral directors and are now considering the full range of options to improve the standards.”