The parents of a young woman who "starved to death" in hospital have said that "nothing has changed" in the six years since her death. Laura Jane Booth was 21 when she died as a result of malnourishment, following a three-year stay in hospital.
Laura spent the first 18 years of her life at Sheffield Children's Hospital, with mother Patricia Booth, 62, describing the care her daughter received there as "fantastic". Laura was then transferred to the Hallamshire Hospital where she stayed until her death in 2016.
An inquest into Laura's death found there had been a "gross failure of care" when it came to the management of her feeding. Laura was born with a rare genetic condition called partial trisomy 13, meaning she possessed one extra chromosome 13, instead of two, reports Yorkshire Live.
