A coroner has warned that more allergy sufferers will die due to a 'lack of national leadership' following a the death of 17-year-old aspiring doctor.
Heidi Connor said the 'tragic' case of Alexandra Briess was 'not new territory', citing three recent cases where people had died from anaphylaxis.
She has now written to the government saying lives are at risk without better funding and research into the condition and calling for the appointment of an allergies tsar.
