A young woman died after a series of “missed opportunities” by social services and other agencies, a coroner has ruled. Ayeisha Coates Mohammed was found dead at the age of 20 on Radcliffe Road, The Haulgh on February 13 2021. An inquest into her death found that her mental health deteriorated in late 2020 and early 2021 but that efforts to help her were limited by the Covid pandemic and the strain on services.
A report by area coroner Peter Sigee said: “The individuals who interacted with Ayeisha during this period had not been provided with a sufficiently detailed picture of Ayeisha to enable them to fully understand and assess her needs and the risks to her at this time and no effective mechanism had been established to enable sufficient communication regarding Ayeisha between relevant professionals.” Ayeisha had been adopted in 2004 after being removed from the care of her biological mother in 2003. The hearing was held at Bolton Coroners Court (Image: Newsquest) Mr Sigee’s report said it was later deemed necessary to return her to the care of children’s services in Oldham but this did not entail any criticism of or failing by her adopted family.
Instead, he said that they “continued to love, care for and support Ayeisha.” The inquest, that began in May 2022 before recommencing in June this year heard how Ayeisha had been known to have complex mental health conditions. She was also known to have complex social care and housing needs.
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