Coeliac patient died after being fed Weetabix in hospital, inquiry hears

Wrexham Maelor hospital has made changes since Pearson’s death but is yet to investigate formally. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

An 80-year-old woman with coeliac disease died within days of being fed Weetabix in hospital, an inquest has heard.

Hazel Pearson, from Connah’s Quay in Flintshire, was being treated at Wrexham Maelor hospital and died four days later on 30 November from aspiration pneumonia. Although her condition was recorded on her admission documents, there was no sign beside her bed to alert healthcare assistants to her dietary requirements, BBC News reported.