‘MUCH LOVED’ NAT, 21, WILL BE FOREVER MISSED BY FAMILY

Fund set up in her memory raised almost £4,000

A ‘MUCH-LOVED’ 21-year-old woman took her own life during a ‘cooling off’ period from NHS mental health services.

Tyla May, known as Nat, was found hanged at her home in Yarnfield, near Stone, on November 11.

An inquest into her death at Stafford Coroner’s Court heard Gemma Wootton, of NHS mental services, carried out a review of the care and treatment Nat had received.

She told the inquest Nat lived alone but maintained a good relationship with family.

She was known to mental health services since she was aged 17, and in 2018 Nat referred herself to secondary mental health services as she was feeling depressed and anxious. She had been selfharming and had ongoing suicidal thoughts.

Miss Wootton said: “She began to regularly attend A&E following self-harm.

“Nat had a number of psychiatric admissions. She was diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder. For people with that diagnosis, it is preferred not to keep them in hospital.

“They lose their dependence while in hospital and lose their coping strategies.”

The inquest heard Nat’s last hospital admission was on October 29. She was discharged on November 2.

Miss Wootton said: “She contacted our access team at 8pm on the day she was discharged and said she did not want to be discharged.”

A meeting was planned for November 4, but Nat did not attend. Two days later it was decided a two-week cooling off period was appropriate.

Miss Wootton said: “She was given the number to the access team to make contact if she needed support.”

She said the overall care and treatment Nat received was very good.

A toxicology report showed the level of alcohol in her system was about two-anda-half times the legal limit for driving, but no drugs were detected.

South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh said the cause of death was hanging and recorded a conclusion of ‘suicide while suffering from emotionally unstable personality disorder’.

Following her death, a Gofundme page was set up in memory of Nat which raised nearly £4,000.

Her funeral notice read: “The muchloved daughter of Gemma and Lee, loved stepdaughter of Martin, worshipped grandaughter of Mavis and Craig, Tony and Emmy and Malcolm and Faye, beloved sister of Gracie, Jason, Nicki, Luke, Poppy, George and Emmie.

“Nat will be forever missed and lovingly remembered by all her family and friends.”