Neglect contributed to the death of nine-year-old Dylan Cope, an inquest finds (24 May, 2024)

Summary

The death of nine-year-old Dylan Cope at University Hospital of Wales could have been avoided and neglect contributed, a coroner has concluded.

Giving a narrative conclusion, senior coroner for Gwent Caroline Saunders, said Dylan’s death would have been avoided had he not been discharged from Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran, on 7 December 2022.

This article, pushed by Leigh Day law firm, describes the events leading up to Dylan's death, the coroners findings, and includes an account from Dylan's mother.