28th October 2019
At Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors we’re fully behind INQUEST’s Now or never! campaign in support of granting automatic legal aid for families whose loved ones have died in state custody. INQUEST’s campaign is calling for: Automatic non means tested legal aid funding to families for specialist legal representation immediately following a state related death…
26th June 2019
A coroner has warned NHS England and NHS Digital that more children could die unless they take action following the death of a six-year-old boy. Sebastian Hibberd died after a catalogue of errors in which ‘numerous opportunities’ to save him were missed, an inquest previously heard. Now Senior Coroner Ian Arrow has written a report…
8th April 2019
A teenager died after doctors wrongly diagnosed her as suffering from food poisoning when her body was in fact rejecting a heart transplant. Jessica Brooks, 18, had a heart transplant which ‘transformed her life’ a year before she was admitted to hospital after vomiting for three days, but doctors still failed to diagnose organ rejection….
29th March 2019
A man with Downs Syndrome who died after he was deprived food for 19 days was neglected by hospital staff, an inquest has ruled. Giuseppe ‘Joe’ Ulleri fractured his pelvis, wrist and neck at his care home and was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary. But medics failed to spot the injuries until he was…
4th February 2019
A six-year-old boy died after medical professionals missed ‘numerous’ opportunities to save his life, an inquest heard. Sebastian Hibberd’s family made repeated calls to NHS 111 and his GP for help, but the GP failed to return the call at all and the call handlers failed to spot the warning signs for intussusception – when…
