A man hanged himself after mental health officials said they had no room to treat him.

Patrick Whiting took his own life after being told there was no bed available for him at a mental unit.

Last night his family demanded to know why their loved one was not given the help he needed.

Mr Whiting, 43, tried to kill himself in March by plunging 100ft onto railway lines near his home. He was sectioned and sent to the Woodlands Unit, which is in the grounds of Conquest Hospital in St Leonards and is run by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Whiting was released from the unit on Friday and sent back home to Highcroft Villas in Brighton.

But his family said when a community nurse visited him on Sunday afternoon they were told he needed more help – but there was no space.

Instead they were told a psychiatrist would visit and try to find a bed for him – news which devastated Mr Whiting.

AndrewWhiting, who found his twin brother’s body, said: “They said to the pair of us that he was not coping very well and it would be beneficial to go back to hospital but given it was a Sunday no beds were available.”

Patrick Whiting was found hanging in his bedroom shortly after 10am on Monday.

He had suffered from severe anxiety, delusions and psychotic depression.

He had originally been admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital with spinal fractures and bruising after jumping onto the railway lines.

His brother saidontheFriday hewas released from the unit he was woken up and, “without even having breakfast”, was taken home to Brighton.

He said on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nurses visited and realised his brother was still not well.

Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, said: “Yet again we hear of the terrible consequences arising from the pressures caused by the reduction in psychiatric beds.”

A spokesman for the trust said: “Our thoughts are with Patrick Whiting’s family at this time. We were supporting him on a daily basis and our staff were shocked and saddened by his death.”