Article 5G2JA Mina Topley-Bird inquest: hospital regarded suicide comment as flippant

Mina Topley-Bird inquest: hospital regarded suicide comment as flippant

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Coroner's report to warn of risk of patients self-harming after singer's death at West Park hospital in Darlington

A coroner will write to hospital bosses over his concerns about a ward where a talented singer died after a remark she made about killing herself was taken as a flippant comment.

Mina Topley-Bird, the 24-year-old daughter of the trip-hop pioneer Tricky and the singer Martina Topley-Bird, was found dead on Elm ward at West Park hospital, Darlington, in May 2019.

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