Healthcare staff at a North East prison did not consistently monitor the medical conditions of a burglar who died while behind bars, an independent report has revealed.
Darren Davidson was put in the recovery position by other prisoners when he collapsed on a wing suffering a subarachnoid haemorrhage stroke at HMP Northumberland on June 25 last year. Prison Custody Officers (PCOs) called for help from healthcare staff and an ambulance was contacted straight away. Paramedics reached the 46-year-old but, despite resuscitation efforts, he died in the Category C jail.
A report, produced by Prisons & Probation Ombudsman, has identified how he had several pre-existing health conditions including epilepsy, high blood pressure, opiate dependency, a brain aneurysm (a bulge in a blood vessel in the brain) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
