Donna Jones said “there is nothing” in the district for people like her husband Carl who suffer severe depression and have suicidal tendencies.

“If he had mild depression he would have had treatment that would have helped him,” she said.

“If he had schizophrenia or was verging on criminal behaviour there would have been somewhere for him to go, but for severe depression and suicidal tendencies there is nothing here.”

Mrs Jones, 46, said she had begged Bradford District Care Trust to take her husband into hospital to be assessed but was told he did not fit the criteria.

Mrs Jones, of Wentworth Crescent, Bradford, said the Trust did not listen to her concerns.

Mr Jones, who had worked for Abbey National, was under the district’s Crisis Care team and later came under the care of a psychiatrist.

But his mental health problems began with difficulty sleeping.

Mrs Jones said: “There was nothing specific that triggered it off – no trauma, nothing we can pinpoint – but it’s been devastating.”

Mr Jones also leaves a 16-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter.

“I’m not blaming individuals. It’s the system that let us down,” said his widow.

At an inquest today Bradford coroner Roger Whittaker determined Mr Jones had taken his own life on June 10 last year “while the balance of his mind was disturbed”.

He said there had been an investigation by Bradford District Care Trust and the findings had since been shared with the family.

After the case, Simon Large, Chief Executive at Bradford District Care Trust, said: “Our sympathies are with Mrs Jones and her family.

“We are sorry if Mrs Jones feels we didn’t listen and sufficiently act on her concerns.”

Mr Large said that the Coroner confirmed the Trust worked with Mrs Jones to conduct a review of the circumstances of the tragedy and care practices which had been provided in the case.

He said that the conclusions of the review had been shared with the family and an action plan had been developed.