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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Steven Morris

Inquest finds ‘gross’ failures in care of UK student who died after rugby injury

Maddy Lawrence.
Maddy Lawrence, a ‘healthy, strong and fit 20-year-old’ died after ‘her deterioration was not recognised’ by a Bristol hospital. Photograph: Family/PA Media

The family of a student who died after hospital staff missed that she had developed sepsis despite a string of warning signs have claimed she was the victim of a “lack of care”, as a coroner ruled there were “gross” failures in her treatment.

Staff at Southmead hospital in Bristol failed to carry out the sepsis screening and observations needed to keep 20-year-old Maddy Lawrence safe after she was taken to hospital with a dislocated hip sustained in a rugby tackle.

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