A woman in her 40s was found dead in her bathroom at a supported living facility in Headington, an inquest heard today.

Stephanie Wright, from Oxford, died on December 20 last year in the property on Bulan Road.

The inquest heard that Ms Wright’s cause of death was given as hanging.

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The 43-year-old was discovered in her ensuite bathroom by a support worker who had been carrying out a wellbeing check at around 10am that day.

The support worker called an ambulance, but there was nothing paramedics could do to save her, and she was pronounced dead at 11.13am, the inquest heard.

Police and forensic specialists attended the scene of the incident.

It was ruled that there were no suspicious circumstances or evidence of third-party involvement in the death.

Ms Wright had a long history of mental health difficulties and had been diagnosed with suspected bipolar disorder in 2010.

The inquest was told she had made attempts to take her own life in the past, most notably in the year of her diagnosis.

On October 21 last year Ms Wright was detained under section two of the mental health act after an altercation with her husband at their home address.

In a witness statement read out at the inquest, Ms Wright’s husband explained that he called the police after he feared for his safety.

She was treated at Warneford Hospital and was discharged around four weeks later in November.

She then moved into the supported living facility in Headington.

The inquest heard that Ms Wright’s mental health team believed she was making progress after her discharge.

They noted no immediate risks to her life in the following check-ups, including during a visit to the address on Bulan Road on December 18.

The team did record that she had "fleeting thoughts of suicide" in the past but that Ms Wright had confirmed she had no plans to act on them.

Dr Michael Rufus, a consultant psychiatrist told Oxford Coroner’s Court in his witness statement: “I was very shocked that it happened.

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“Thinking about it even now, I am not sure what we could have done better.

“We never saw this coming.”

Assistant coroner, Joanna Coleman, ruled Ms Wright’s death as suicide.

She told the inquest in her conclusion: “She had a complex mental health history including an attempt on her life.

“The conclusion is suicide.”

Ms Coleman added that she was confident that Ms Wright had carried out the act herself and that the intention of the act was to end her own life.

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