The mother of Lauren Bridges says her daughter was 'horribly failed' and has called for lessons to be learned after an inquest jury said there were 'missed opportunities' to move her closer to home.
Lauren, 20, a young woman with autism, died whilst a patient at the Priory's Cheadle Royal Hospital near Stockport, a six-hour drive from where her family live in Bournemouth, Dorset.
In February last year, she was found unconscious in her en-suite bathroom on the psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the hospital where she had been detained for seven months.
She was rushed to Wythenshawe hospital but died two days later. J oin our WhatsAp p Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link . After an inquest lasting four weeks, a jury today ruled she didn't intend to take her own life and recorded a conclusion of misadventure.