Inquest finds gross failings in care of woman who drank too much water

Staff at private mental health hospital in Weston-super-Mare missed chances to prevent Lily Lucas’s death, jury finds

An inquest jury has found there were “gross failings in care amounting to neglect” before a woman had a heart attack at a private mental health hospital due to complications from drinking excessive amounts of water.

Lillian Lucas, 28, known as Lily to her family and friends, died in September 2022 after being found unresponsive in her room on Milton ward at the Cygnet hospital in Kewstoke, near Weston-super-Mare, where she had been an inpatient since June.