Staff at Huntercombe Hospital, near Norwich, were supposed to check on Mia Titheridge, 17, every 15 minutes because she had been deemed a high-risk patient.
But when the suicidal teen, from Leeds, was found unresponsive in her room in the early hours of March 19, 2017, no-one had checked on her for almost an hour.
An inquest heard that Mia had brought a ligature and alcohol back to the hospital after a home visit, but staff didn't find the items during searches.
Her devastated mum, Tori Titheridge, told LeedsLive that the death of vulnerable Mia "could have been prevented" and she might still be alive today if she had been at a facility closer to home.
Ms Titheridge said the family objected when Mia was moved from a hospital in Sheffield to Huntercombe, about 170 miles from their home in Leeds, in December 2016.
Mia, who had made several previous attempts on her life, was moved because she was deemed a high risk to herself following several self-harm incidents.
At November's inquest, a coroner in Norwich found that Mia died after staff failed to adequately respond to the threat of suicide and failed to carry out frequent observations on the night she was found.
Ms Titheridge said: "Listening to the evidence around why she died has been heart-breaking but what is even worse is that we are left with the feeling that Mia’s death could have been prevented."
She added: "We were against Mia being moved because of the distance. She was going to be moved to a place where she would be isolated and alone, hundreds of miles from her family and friends who could offer her the support she needed.
“Mia was terrified when she was transferred. We just didn’t see how this would help with her rehabilitation.
“The last time I saw Mia she thanked me for a lovely weekend. Little did I know that would be the last time I saw my beautiful daughter.
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