
After an unsuccessful complaint to the Ombudsman about the content of the Mental Health Commissioner's report into Ross Taylor's treatment, Mrs Taylor is now taking her case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
The police file on Ross Taylor's death on March 22, 2013 remains open, and the coroner is still to hold an inquest into the cause of his death.
''We are doing this to ensure there is accountability, because there appears to be none,'' Mrs Taylor said.
''I'm not going away and they need to understand that ... I lost my beautiful boy to incompetence.''
A year ago, the Health and Disability Commissioner finished a four-year investigation into Mr Taylor's death, and found psychiatrist Dr Richard Mullen and the Southern District Health Board breached the HDC code relating to services being provided with reasonable care and skill.
Ross Taylor self-presented three times to health services in the weeks before his death, and the final report by Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan omits details of one of those visits to the emergency department.
Ombudsman Leo Donnelly wrote to the Taylors last week to reject their complaint that details of that visit should have been in Mr Allan's report.
''The decision on what facts are relevant to the investigation is ultimately a matter for Mr Allan's professional judgement and discretion,'' Mr Donnelly said.
''While I appreciate that you strongly disagree with Mr Allan's conclusion on this point, it was nevertheless one that was reasonably open to him.''
Mr Allan's earlier investigation recommended the SDHB hold an independent audit of mental health documentation and a review of processes for patient recovery plans.
Mr Allan also ordered the SDHB and Dr Mullen to apologise - the HDC rejected Dr Mullen's first apology.
Mrs Taylor is adamant the visit omitted by Mr Allan is an important part of understanding the chain of events leading to her son's death.
''It is part of the facts ... this is compounding our grief again,'' she said.
Mrs Taylor now heads the Life Matters suicide prevention trust.
She is gathering information about people's issues with the mental health system - including her son's - to present to the Government's mental health inquiry.
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