'My daughter would still be alive if it was not for them': Mum's agony over 'missed opportunities' to save woman, 28, who died on methadone prescription
Heywood, had struggled with alcohol addiction for several years and also suffered from severe depression and psychosis.Her GP at Hopwood Medical Centre, Dr Yasmin Shabbir, revealed that Natalie had also been diagnosed with chronic liver disease following a stay in hospital in 2019.After being discharged, she was prescribed medication but failed to take it.The court heard that Natalie had started using heroin about two years prior to her death and, by the end of 2019, was smoking it on a daily basis.She decided to tell her mother about her addiction in January of last year, claiming she was smoking two rolls of heroin each day.Mrs Edgington urged her daughter to seek help, before she referred herself to Turning Point.An initial appointment