Student's death from anorexia an 'avoidable tragedy' - damning report

Averil Hart

Jennifer Cockerell

A young woman's death from anorexia was an "avoidable tragedy" that would have been prevented had the Britain's NHS provided appropriate care and treatment, a damning report has concluded.

Averil Hart, 19, died following a series of failures that involved every NHS organisation that cared for her, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said as it warned of "widespread problems with adult eating disorders services in the NHS".