Father criticises mental health services after daughter's death

Natasha Wise

The father of a young woman who killed herself this week after waiting months for counselling for depression has criticised mental health services in Manchester.

Natasha Wise, 22, left a series of heartbreaking Facebook posts before falling to her death from a bridge in Whalley Range on Tuesday.

She was found dead just hours after celebrating her birthday.

Her father, Alan Wise, said Natasha desperately wanted help but claims she was failed by mental health services over an 18-month battle to get counselling.

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust said:

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