Police and paramedics identify 'valuable learnings' after mum was found dead days after they were called to her home

Police and the ambulance service have identified 'valuable learnings' after an 'intelligent and caring' mum-of-two was found dead at her home in Tameside where they had been called two days earlier, an inquest has heard.

The body of retired carer Jane Simeone, 48, was discovered when police broke into her house on Egerton in Mossley in November 2021.

She was found to have died as a result of 'combined drug toxicity' from a number of prescription medications. Two days earlier, a concerned mental health practitioner had rung 999 due to concerns over comments she had made over the phone.

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Police officers and paramedics attended and spoke to her through an upstairs window. However, she wouldn't let them in and the officers concluded they had no power to force entry.

At a three-day inquest into her death, a coroner said it 'could only ever be speculated' what mental health assessments would 'even conceivably have concluded' had they persuaded her to allow them in.

And he ruled the incident didn't cause or contribute to the death of Mrs Simeone, who was seen alive the following day. However, following her death, the case was referred to the police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) who carried out an investigation into the actions of the GMP officers, with the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) also carrying out an internal review.

And the hearing was told they had both 'identified valuable learnings' which will shape how they deal with any similar incidents.

Mrs Simeone was an 'intelligent and caring person' who was also 'determined and very social' her mother Susan Lloyd told the