A ‘beautiful and vibrant’ young woman told a mental health nurse she had a noose, but this did not raise red flags, an inquest heard.

Ayeisha Coates-Mohammed died at the age of 20.

She was found in Radbourne House on Radcliffe Road in The Haulgh on February 13, last year.

Ayeisha was found hanged and had cannabis and cocaine in her system.

The inquest into her death continued this week.

The court heard she had experienced a chaotic lifestyle since leaving care and had declined help on multiple occasions as she refused to stop taking drugs to deal with trauma which she had encountered.

Concerns over care after young woman's death

The inquest heard from Lesley Cosgrove, a mental health nurse with the Greater Manchester Mental Health team who had a telephone conversation with Ayeisha before her death.

During this time, the hearing was told, she said she had a noose but had no intention of using it.

A plan was put in place including helplines being made available if Ayeisha' situation deteriorated.

The inquest heard that a referral was not made to mental health services in Bolton because she did not express a desire to harm herself or take her own life.

Ms Cosgrove was asked if the noose constituted a ‘red flag’ but said as she was not displaying ‘hopelessness’ and as a result it did not.

She was asked if she should have been accessed as ‘medium to high risk’ rather than ‘low to medium’ and whether she could have done more.

Ms Cosgrove added: “With the information I had at the time and replaying the conversation over I have with Ayeisha, it is still there, I do not feel I could have.

“I went off the information I knew of at the time.”

The inquest also heard from Richard Cross, acting team manager at Achieve Bury which handles substance misuse issues.

While he said communication between them could have been better, he rejected the idea there were ‘missed opportunities’ which could have prevented her death.

The inquest, before Coroner Rachel Syed, continues.