The heartbroken family of a “beautiful and kind” mum found dead in her home claim she was let down by mental health services.
On the day of the tragedy Dari-Anne Sawyer, 23, told a mental health professional during an appointment she had taken an overdose the previous afternoon.
The clinician wanted her to be assessed and so contacted a local hospital to say Dari-Anne would be in after she had arranged childcare for her children.
When she did not arrive for the arranged appointment or answer her phone concerns were raised and she was found dead.
An inquest into the tragedy was told her family wanted to know why she had been left alone with her two young daughters and no family members were told about her warning.
However assistant coroner Karin Welsh found the mental health professional took the appropriate action and there were no contributing factors to her death, Teesside Live reported.
Step-dad Eric Holmes said afterwards: "I just feel like she was let down by the trust.
“Why did they leave her on her own that day when they knew what was going on in her head? They could have rang any one of us and we would have been there for her.
"The reason why we are so annoyed is because they left her on her own with two kids in the house - they could have rang their dad but it was left for us to go and find her.
“We didn't know until we got to the house and asked the police to open the door."
Dari-Anne was reported to be "quite quiet" when the clinician visited her at home in April last year.
Towards the end of the appointment she explained she had taken an overdose the previous afternoon while her children were out.
The inquest heard how the clinician called the hospital to inform them Dari-Anne would be coming to A&E and to ensure she would be checked over on arrival and be reviewed by the psychiatric liaison team.
The clinician then spoke to the crisis team and called to speak to Dari-Anne again to tell her they'd arranged for her to attend the hospital.
Ms Maxwell added: "An hour after that they rang the hospital to check Dari-Anne had arrived and was told she had not at that time.
“They tried to ring Dari-Anne back but there was no answer."
Concerns were raised among her family and step-dad Eric called the police but Dari-Anne was tragically found dead at her home
The inquest was told a call was made to the crisis team by mum Katharine Sawyer in the February before her death who said Dari-Anne was having thoughts of harming herself.
Mrs Sawyer told the coroner: "She didn't mean to do it.
“She would get overwhelmed and her brain flooded up - she would do impulsive things and she always regretted them afterwards."
Luke Baker, father of her two children, said: "She was a truly lovely person - kind, beautiful. She loved her kids so much."
Ms Welsh made a short form conclusion of misadventure as she did not believe Dari-Anne intended to take her life.
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