Tragedy as Royal Stoke patient dies without familyRIP JacquelineView Image Royal Stoke University HospitalPolice are not treating the death of a hospital patient as suspicious. Jacqueline Salmon, from Honeywall, in Penkhull, died in the Royal Stoke University Hospital on Monday 2 March. ‌But coroner Andrew Barkley has been unable to trace any of the 59-year-old's family and friends. ‌A police spokesman said: "His Majesty’s Coroner’s Office in Stoke-on-Trent is appealing for help to trace the family of a woman who has died. Jacqueline Salmon, 59, from Honeywall, died at Royal Stoke University Hospital on Monday 2 March.

Source: Daily Mirror March 12, 2026 14:27 UTC