Woman with postnatal depression who killed herself 'let down by NHS'

Mother of Polly Ross, who had two children, tells inquest there was ‘a lack of focused care when she needed it most’

The mother of a woman who killed herself while suffering from postnatal depression has said her daughter “deserved better” from mental health services, at an inquest into her death.

Despite having made multiple attempts to kill herself, Polly Ross, 32, was allowed to leave the Westlands mental health unit in Hull, where she was as a voluntary patient, at around 8.30am on the morning of 10 July 2015. Ross told nurses that she was going to buy cigarettes. She was hit by a train at 11.10am and died instantly.

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