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The mother of Charlotte Bevan says her daughter would not have been allowed to 鈥渟lip through the net鈥� if a complete perinatal mental health team had been looking after her on the day she left St Michael鈥檚 Hospital in Bristol before jumping to her death with her four-day-old baby.

The news comes on the day a NHS Mental Health Taskforce released a report highlighting huge gaps in perinatal mental health services fourteen months after Charlotte and baby Zaani鈥檚 deaths.

Charlotte鈥檚 mother, Rachel Fortune, told 蜜芽传媒 Radio 5 live鈥檚 Sarah Brett that the hospital staff looked after her 鈥渢o the best of their ability鈥� but it was 鈥渦nthinkable鈥� that she could 鈥渏ust press a button and leave鈥�.

In a joint statement after the inquest into Charlotte鈥檚 death NHS England, Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust said: "As a health community, we will act on the coroner's findings to ensure that mothers with mental health needs have access to the services and professionals they need to keep them and their babies safe.鈥�

This clip was originally broadcast on 5 live Afternoon Edition on Monday 15 February 2016.

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