Coroner's update on inquest into holidaymaker who died in Blackpool from drowning

A holidaymaker died from drowning after going missing from her Blackpool hotel.

Sahra Warsame, a 36-year-old healthcare assistant, was found non-responsive in water off Gynn Square, North Shore, and later died in Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

An inquest review at Blackpool Town Hall heard that Ms Warsame, who lived in Hayes, Middlesex, had been on a break in the resort with family members last August, a short time after being discharged from Hillingdon Hospital in North West London following treatment for a mental health issue.

Blackpool and Fylde senior coroner Alan Wilson said an inquest had been scheduled for the day the review was held, but had been switched to a review as a key report on events leading up to Ms Warsame’s release from Hillingdon Hospital was still awaited from the Trust responsible.

Alexzandra Kennedy, representing the Trust, said that a meeting was to be held next week, after which the report could be finalised, and that it was likely to be ready for submission by the end of May.

Mr Wilson said that once that was received, it would be passed to Ms Warsame’s family to consider and comment on and then a date would be set for the inquest.

The coroner said that among his considerations at the inquest would be whether the decision to discharge Ms Warsame from hospital was an appropriate one, along with what happened when she came to Blackpool.