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STAFF at the Dova unit failed to step up checks on a Barrow woman who tried to hang herself, an inquest has found.

STAFF at the Dova unit failed to step up checks on a Barrow woman who tried to hang herself, an inquest has found.

Emma Beth Goulding, of Barrow, died at Furness General Hospital on April 5 last year. Miss Goulding, who had been diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, had been found on March 30. The inquest into her death has heard that Miss Goulding had a history of mental health issues and had tried to take her own life on multiple occasions. She had been staying at the Dova Unit, an acute mental health inpatient unit at Furness General, but was due to be discharged on March 31. On the final day of evidence at Cockermouth Coroner’s Court yesterday, Miss Goulding’s father,...

Emma Beth Goulding, of Barrow, died at Furness General Hospital on April 5 last year. The 24-year-old, who had been diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, had been found hanged on March 30. She had been staying at the Dova Unit, an acute mental health inpatient unit at Furness General, but was due to be discharged on March 31. An inquest into her death held at Cockermouth Coroner’s Court heard Miss Goulding had a history of mental health issues and had tried to take her own life on multiple occasions. Ken Levins, freedom to speak up guardian at the Lancashire an...

INQUEST: Dova Unit at Dane Garth in Barrow CARE staff have faced questions over why a patient with emotionally unstable personality disorder was due to be discharged the day after she attempted to take her own life. Emma Beth Goulding, 24, of Abbots Vale Mews, Barrow died on April 5 last year in Furness General Hospital, where she had been receiving care from the Dova Unit on the Dane Garth site. An inquest into her death held at Cockermouth Coroner’s Court heard Miss Goulding had a history of mental health issues and had made previous attempts to take her own life.