Beth Matthews

THE full inquest into the death of a mental health blogger and advocate with links to Liskeard and Launceston began this morning (Monday, January 9) at ...

She was talked down by a local on their way to work, but just two days later she jumped from the same spot sustaining life altering injuries. She had been transferred to the hospital earlier that day from the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in Stockport where she was being detained under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act. Beth Matthews, 26, died on March 21, 2022, at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.

Beth Matthews collapsed in front of staff at a psychiatric hospital after telling them it was protein powder.

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Beth Matthews, 26, told staff at a secure psychiatric hospital that the substance was protein powder, the inquest at Manchester South coroner's court heard.

Matthew's mother, Jane, made a statement to the court in which she paid tribute to her daughter. The paramedic said that inside the parcel was 'a small plastic, screw-top container'. The inquest heard that the package had 'foreign writing' on it and that it had been purchased online. She said that staff at the psychiatric hospital told her that Matthews had had a 'parcel delivered to the unit, which she opened in front of them and managed to consume'. An accomplished yachtswoman and mental health blogger died after taking a poisonous substance she ordered on the internet while at a secure psychiatric hospital, an inquest has heard. - The inquest heard that she had ordered the poisonous substance online

Beth Matthews, a yachtswoman who competed in the Fastnet race aged 15, died at a secure psychiatric hospital after taking a poisonous substance she ordered ...

Beth Mattews, a mental health blogger from Cornwall, passed away after consuming a poisonous substance she purchased online. The 26-year-old from Cornwall ...

Paramedics reported that Beth Matthews from Devonport High School took the poisonous substance and quickly became ill on the afternoon of March 21. Paramedics reported that Beth Mattews from Devonport High School took the poisonous substance and thereafter became ill on the afternoon of March 21. Beth Matthews, a mental health blogger from Cornwall, passed away after consuming a poisonous substance she purchased online.

The 26 year old ran a mental health blog online called Life Beyond the Ledge.

“And as a result she was able to help those who reached out to her.” She was also described as “caring, intelligent and articulate”. The inquest heard that Matthews had ingested “an unknown amount” of the unidentified substance, with Barnes explaining that she was told that patients were permitted to open their own parcels whilst being supervised by the staff. Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgman told the jury that Matthews had “ingested a substance that came through the post, quite quickly became unwell, was taken urgently to hospital where she sadly died”. Matthews passed away on 21 March 2022, shortly after swallowing a substance she had ordered online, which she told staff was protein powder. Matthews died at age 26 last year after she ingested “a substance that came through the post”, Assistant Coroner Andrew Bridgman told the jury.

Beth Matthews, from Cornwall, died after having a substance delivered to a secure psychiatric ward at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in Stockport. She opened ...

She was assessed the next day and then released. She was sectioned again and in November of that year, she was transferred to the Priory unit in Cheadle. The jury was told she began blogging about her condition, raising money for Devon Air Ambulance and giving training to police negotiators, but in 2021, her mental health deteriorated and she once attempted to take an overdose in the back of a police car. The court heard she received months of treatment for her physical injuries and was detained under the Mental Health Act until she was discharged in August 2019. The mental health blogger, who was described in court as "vivacious" and "bright", had thousands of followers. She opened the parcel and swallowed the contents in front of staff.