A mother-in-law was found dead just hours after a mental health team allegedly failed to go to her home for an emergency appointment.
Natasha Adams, 25, a mother of three young boys, was found hanging in her flat in Solihull, West Midlands, on 12 August.
The day before, he had attended Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham And he is understood to have sought help from the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, which is based there.
Her family claims that the trust arranged for someone from the mental health team to visit her flat the next day, but no one showed up.
Natasha Adams, 25, a mother of three young boys, was found hanging in her flat in Solihull on August 12.
Solihull and Birmingham Mental Health Hospital Trust, which operates the care home team, expressed condolences to Natasha’s family and said ‘a full and thorough investigation is underway.
Natasha’s mother, Mary, said that someone was finally sent to see her daughter at 11 a.m. the next day (Friday, August 13), by which time she was already found dead.
Mary told Birmingham Live His daughter went to hospital with ‘serious anxiety’ after deciding to move back to Birmingham during a family holiday in Scotland with her parents and three children.
She said Natasha arrived at the hospital late on Wednesday, and was discharged about three hours later after she was told someone from the mental health crisis team would visit her the next morning.
However, according to Mary, no one arrived until 11 a.m. on Friday, hours after her death.
Solihull and Birmingham Mental Health Hospital Trust, which operates the care home team, said: ‘Our thoughts are with Natasha’s family at this sad and difficult time.
‘A full and thorough investigation is underway. Natasha’s family will be involved and she will have the opportunity to address any questions and concerns as part of that process.
“We can’t comment further until the investigation is complete and the coroner’s investigation is done.” Our condolences to all his friends and family in this time of grief.
Mary said that Natasha’s mental health problems stemmed from her school days, which her mother believes were ‘triggered’ by the bullying she experienced while in school and the heart surgery Was.
After dropping out of school two years ago she went to Solihull College where, pregnant with her eldest child, she qualified as a level three hairdresser.
Marie said she ‘worked for a while and loved it’ for a hairdresser.
However, according to Marie, her mental health problems continued into adulthood, before she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2020.
The mother-in-law of three attended Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and is understood to have sought help from the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust
Mary said that her daughter “always puts a smile on people’s faces” and even sat for 13 hours with a young woman who was committing suicide. The woman said that if Natasha had not been there, ‘she would not have been here with her children’, said Mary.
Describing Natasha as her ‘best friend’ and ‘rock’, Mary told Birmingham Live: ‘I break down when everyone is asleep. I just feel like my whole heart has burst from my chest.
Natasha’s three sons – ages one to seven – are now looked after by Mary and her husband, Steve.
The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which Natasha looked after before her death, told MailOnline: ‘The Trust offers its heartfelt condolences to Natasha’s family at a terribly difficult time for them.
‘We along with Natasha’s family and coroner will join the investigation into Natasha’s tragic death.’
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