Significant failings in care by Great Ormond Street Hospital

The coroner looking into the death of Scottish teenager Amy Allan has found significant failings in her care by Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Amy, from Dalry in North Ayrshire, was 14 when she died in September last year following surgery on her spine. Coroner Edwyn Buckett outlined poor planning and support from the hospital. But he said he "was not able to make a firm conclusion" that those omissions "had caused or materially contributed to her death." The coroner is however likely to issue a prevention of future deaths report.

Great Ormond Street Hospital admitted Amy's care "fell short of the high standards" it should be meeting but said it had made changes to the way it worked.

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Source: BBC News, 5 September 2019