The nurse who died after a hoax call to a hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge was found hanging, Sky sources say.

Jacintha Saldanha was still alive when she was discovered on Friday morning in her room at staff accommodation near the hospital.

"Whoever had discovered her first had cut her down," said Sky's Martin Brunt. "By the time police and paramedics had arrived she was still conscious and attempts were made to revive her.