A mother-of-three who took her own life shared a stark message of frustration with mental health workers a month before her death, an inquest has heard.

Lucy Davies, who herself was a support worker, died last year following a long struggle with mental ill health.

Ms Davies, of Gaywood, was found unresponsive in her home on the morning of December 15. She was 38.

An inquest into her death heard that she had been receiving the support of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust for several months due to struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and an emotionally unstable personality disorder.

But the court heard that a month before the end of her fight, she had voiced her frustration after struggling to access crisis support.

In an email sent on November 20 and provided to the court by the NHS trust, she wrote: "I have phoned 111 for a long wait. I phoned the crisis team and was hung up on. If I die, this is evidence."

During the inquest, evidence was given of Mrs Davies's struggles, which saw her spend a period as an in-patient at Chatterton House, in King's Lynn, in July of that year.

The court heard she would often use self-harm as a coping mechanism, but that in her last two weeks, she had shown signs of improvement.

A family statement read to the court described her as "lovely, fun-loving woman whose three daughters were a very important part of her life".

It added: "She was an excellent mother and would do anything for her children. 

"She was a very caring person who fought to get the right care for the people she supported."

An investigation from NSFT following her death found that she appeared to have improved in the weeks prior to her death and was engaging well with support services.

Jacqueline Lake, Norfolk's senior coroner, gave a narrative conclusion stating she had died of hanging, but her intentions could not be clear.

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