A paranoid schizophrenic who killed himself by jumping in front of a train missed out on vital health services for more than two years.

An internal report into the case of Joe Jensen was carried out by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust following his death last year.

The inquiry did not find found records of his case from May 2010, when he was discharged from a psychiatric hospital, until he was sectioned in November 2012.

The report highlighted the shortage of information as a cause for concern.

The report also found there were several occasions when risk assessments were unsigned by the patient and care worker, and when details of Mr Jensen’s case were not recorded correctly.

Mr Jensen’s mother Jayne said she had tried to get her son sectioned during this time but she was unsuccessful.

Although Mr Jensen, 29, had been receiving treatment since 2012 and appeared to be responding well to treatment, he took his own life last December.

Mr Jensen, who had a long history of mental health problems, was living in Richardson Yard, New England Road, Brighton, a shipping container community of flats converted by Brighton Housing Trust to help people get back onto the housing ladder.

His inquest in March revealed he had left his home on Christmas Day and travelled to a station in Kent, where he jumped in front of a train on December 28.

Mr Jensen’s suicide led to the internal review into how his case was handled.

Its recommendations include doing more to keep track of former patients and to involve families so staff can get a fuller picture about individual patients.

Mrs Jensen, from Kent, said: “It is really important to involve families and friends.

“It is difficult for people who did not know Joe beforehand to work out how much he had been affected by his condition. Family and friends will be able to build that picture.

“It was only when Joe was arrested and a police officer helped to get him sectioned that he started getting the treatment he needed.

“I feel the report has been very damning and I hope that lessons are learned from it.”

A trust spokeswoman said: “We would like to express our sympathies to the family.

“An internal investigation has taken place as happens whenever there is an unexpected death of someone using our services.

“We always look to see where things could have been done differently and how we use this learning to improve services for patients and families.”