Woman killed herself after south London hospital neglect, coroner concludes

Michelle Sparman, 48, died after staff at Queen Mary's hospital in Roehampton failed to search her possessions adequately, inquest finds

A woman killed herself after a south London psychiatric unit failed to search her possessions adequately, a coroner has concluded.

Michelle Sparman, a personal trainer and call dispatcher for the Metropolitan police from Battersea, south-west London, died on 28 August 2021 at Kingston hospital, four days after trying to take her own life.