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Young mum tragically took her own life after struggling with traumatic event when 'something happened in London'

Amy Cooper London Mental Health

A young mum from Lancashire tragically took her own life after experiencing a traumatic event the year before - with mental health services admitting there were 'some failings' in her care.

Paula Halliday hadn't seen her two young girls since an incident in October 2021 and on a number of occasions had taken overdoses and said she wanted to end her life. The 33-year-old, who was born in Buckinghamshire where her family still live, was being seen by mental health services at the time, LancsLive reports.

At an inquest into her death in Preston Coroner's Court on Thursday (April 28) heard that there had been 'failings in her care'. Paula, an auxiliary nurse who worked for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, had started seeing Amy Cooper in September 2021.

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