'Law change could save lives after our daughter's death'

The parents of a pupil caregiver who took her ain beingness are calling for a alteration successful the instrumentality to guarantee intelligence wellness patients are supported with decisions astir their care.

Bronwen Morgan, 26, who was diagnosed with a property disorder, died aft being recovered unresponsive astatine a Cardiff edifice successful 2020.

Bronwen's parents Jayne and Haydn said shared determination making - erstwhile healthcare professionals impact a patient's trusted comparative oregon person successful decisions astir their attraction and attraction - should go the law.

The Welsh authorities said attraction tailored to people's needs was a cardinal purpose successful its caller intelligence wellness and termination strategies.

Bronwen, a Cardiff University nursing student, was diagnosed with a borderline property disorder, oregon an emotionally unstable property disorder, successful 2019.

An inquest into Bronwen's decease heard that connected 27 August 2020 she told her begetter she would beryllium going to a friend's house, but she ne'er arrived.

Her telephone was traced to a Premier Inn successful Pentwyn, Cardiff, wherever she was recovered unresponsive.

The inquest heard successful the days starring up to her death, Bronwen had complained to Cardiff and Vale wellness committee about her bundle of care.

But the coroner recovered her decease and the attraction she was receiving could not beryllium linked.

Bronwen's parents said their girl attempted to instrumentality her beingness astir 40 times successful 2 years, adding that it "became the norm" for the family.

"When she did instrumentality her life, it wasn't a astonishment to america due to the fact that we could spot it coming," said Mrs Morgan.

"And we were trying to archer her attraction team, but they'd accidental they couldn't stock thing due to the fact that of diligent confidentiality."

Mr Morgan said his girl would be reviews of her attraction wherever she would beryllium asked however she was, and would incorrectly archer healthcare professionals she was "fine".

"Which wasn't the case," said Mr Morgan.

"But if idiosyncratic other was determination they would beryllium capable to beryllium truthful and honorable and accidental that's not true, you were recovered connected a bridge, oregon you made an effort connected your beingness this week."

The mates said that is wherefore they would similar to spot shared decision-making go the law.

"By having different idiosyncratic there, it volition assistance emphasise what the issues are, which the diligent mightiness find excessively hard to share," said Mr Morgan.

"It's besides different acceptable of ears successful the meeting, due to the fact that the diligent mightiness beryllium powerfully medicated oregon find it excessively hard to unfastened up successful beforehand of a panel."

Mrs Morgan said the thought seemed "a spot of a nary brainer to me".

"I tin recognize wherefore immoderate radical would not privation a household subordinate there, but alternatively instrumentality a trusted person oregon intelligence wellness advocate," she added.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) website states shared decision-making has a scope of benefits, including allowing radical to sermon and stock information, making definite radical person a bully knowing of the benefits, harms and imaginable outcomes of antithetic options and empowering them to marque decisions astir the attraction and attraction that is close for them astatine that time.

"If they're not pursuing NICE guidelines, past let's unit them to travel them and marque it law," Mr Morgan.

Bronwen's parents said she was besides "encouraged" and "guided" by a termination website.

The coroner asked the UK and Welsh governments to marque it harder to entree specified websites, and the tract has since been blocked.

A Welsh authorities spokesperson said their thoughts were with Bronwen's household and loved ones.

"Tailoring attraction to people's needs is simply a cardinal purpose successful our caller intelligence wellness and wellbeing strategy and termination prevention and self-harm strategy," they said.

"The NHS Executive is already starring enactment with wellness boards to alteration services and amended the prime and information of intelligence healthcare."

A spokesperson connected behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said its absorption was connected providing "safe, prime and compassionate intelligence wellness support" to radical crossed Cardiff and Vale successful assemblage and inpatient settings.

"Mental wellness services astatine Cardiff and Vale UHB person precocious committed to a co-produced household engagement project. The purpose of the task which started successful April 2025, is to heighten engagement with families and carers successful bid to amended diligent information and diligent outcomes," they said.