Father-of-three not told of aneurysm before death

A father-of-three died of a brain haemorrhage following failings at the hospital where he worked, health bosses have admitted.

Craig Green, 39 was a catering assistant who worked at the QE and was referred by his GP to the hospital following hearing loss.

He attended an ear, nose and throat emergency clinic on the 1 April 2025.

An MRI scan was later carried out and doctors found an aneurysm in one of the arteries to his brain, which was flagged as a high priority to be reviewed by the neurovascular team at the trust.

However, the referral was never finished and neither Craig Green nor his GP were made aware of the findings.

"What's very hard to understand is that, if he knew, he could've put things in place. He could've spoken to his family," his father, Dennis Green, said.

A spokesperson for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust said there were failures in communication by their staff over Craig Green's case. The Department of Health said the failure was unacceptable.

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Source: BBC News, 3 February 2026