Inquest exposes continuing and dangerous risk of restricted items on mental health wards
A jury at Suffolk Coroner’s Court in Ipswich has delivered its conclusion in the tragic case of a Newmarket man who died while under in-patient care at a specialist mental health unit in West Suffolk. The six-day hearing followed a pre-inquest review last March. HM Senior Coroner for Suffolk, Nigel Parsley, led the investigation into […]
Inquest concludes after Suffolk postmaster’s tragic hospital death
An inquest at Suffolk Coroner’s Court in Ipswich, conducted by Mrs. Catherine Wood, has heard evidence regarding care and service delivery issues while investigating the tragic hospital death of a 73-year-old man who had been admitted for treatment of a fractured hip. Background The patient, Barry Jefferson, had worked for many years alongside his wife […]
Newborn baby boy’s death due to hospital neglect
An Inquest conducted by the Hertfordshire Coroner Service has concluded that aspects of the events leading up to the sad death in hospital of Eddie Coffey, a one-day-old baby boy were so unsatisfactory that they amounted to neglect. The hearing at Hatfield learned that Eddie Coffey had died in the neonatal intensive care unit at […]
Norfolk boy died from undiagnosed bowel condition after surgery delay
Norfolk Coroner’s Court has issued its conclusions in the tragic case of an eight-year-old boy from Harleston, noting that the gravity of the child’s condition and the need for surgery were not recognised by paediatric staff at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. The inquest had heard that Charlie Goodwin died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, on […]
Bright graduate died after GP practice dosage error
West Sussex Assistant Coroner Ms Henderson has concluded an Inquest into the tragic death of a 30-year-old man who had been receiving medication for severe back pain at a village medical practice. It points to shortcomings in the treatment given by the practice in Loxwood. This week’s hearing and an adjourned hearing at Crawley in January learned […]
Mother seeks inquest answers over 2016 Corrie McKeague disappearance
The anguished mother of a serviceman who went missing after a night out four years ago hopes that an inquest, which was announced yesterday (5 November) and ordered by the Chief Coroner despite no body being found, will provide answers about what happened to her son. A painstaking search for 23-year-old Corrie McKeague grabbed national headlines in […]
Timely treatment might have saved devoted wife and grandmother
A retired wife and grandmother tragically died in hospital after multiple opportunities were missed to administer appropriate treatment that could have saved her life, an inquest at the Suffolk Coroner’s Court in Ipswich concluded after a two-day hearing. HM Senior Coroner for Suffolk, Nigel Parsley, heard that 61-year-old grandmother Karen ‘Jane’ Winn from Northwold near […]
