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Name of Patient: Mr Simon CORDELL
Date of Birth: 26 January 1981
Hospital Number: 11214451
NHS Number: 434 096 1671
Address: Permanent: 109 Burncroft Avenue, Enfield. EN3 7JQ
Current: Haringey Assessment Ward, St Ann’s Hospital, Tottenham. N15
Status: Section 2
GP: Dr Y Chong, Nightingale HSE Surgery, 1 Nightingale Road N9 8AJ
Responsible Clinician: Dr Julia Cranitch, Haringey Assessment Ward, St Ann’s Hospital.
Report Author: Goodie Adama
Locum Community Mental Health Nurse
Early Intervention for Psychosis
Lucas House 305-309 Fore Street London. N9
Date of Report: 25 August 2016
1 am a Locum Community Mental Health Nurse and allocated care co-ordinator to Mr Simon
Cordell. I work for the Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust in partnership with the London
Borough of Enfield, the local Social Services Authority that has statutory responsibility for
providing after care to Mr Cordell under Sectionll7 when he leaves hospital.
In preparing this report I had access to previous reports, nursing, and medical notes on
electronic data base - RIO. I had the opportunity to speak with Mr Cordell as his care co-
ordinator. And with his consent, I spoke with his mother Mrs Loraine Cordell by telephone.
Mr Simon Cordell prefers to be called by his first name, Simon.
SIMON CORDELL
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS
Mental Health NHS Trust A University Teaching Trust
CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO ADMISSION
Arrested at his home address after his mother raised concerns about his mental state - he was
allegedly verbally threatening towards his neighbour and (?) neighbour's children. Simon's
mother called police who arrested him. He was seen by the FME at Wood Green police
station, then referred for MHA.
CURRENT MEDICATION
Olanzapine 5mg
PERSONAL & FAMILY HISTORY
Mr Cordell was born at North Middlesex University Hospital. He has a younger brother and
sister. Mr Cordell says he knows his maternal grandmother attempted suicide on a number of
occasions and had had admissions to mental hospital. Mr Cordell's father worked as a union
representative and his mother ran her own computer company.
Mr Cordell says he did not get on well with his father who was a violent man. He was violent
towards Mr Cordell, Mr Cordell's mother and siblings Mr Cordell left home at the age of
fifteen and was homeless for a while. He was placed in to care after stealing a pint of milk He
was placed in a series of children's care homes around the UK but says that each time he
would steal a car and drive back to London.
Mr Cordell said he was pushed hard to achieve at school by his father and that he was "an A-
star student" for most of the time. He says he was intelligent and would do the work at other
times and as a result would often just "mess about" in class. He went on to college and

