A man with Down's Syndrome died after choking on leftover sausage rolls in a care home.
Jimmy Billingsley, who had been placed on a speech and language therapist (SALT) plan due to high risk of choking, was supposed to supervised at meal times and be served cut up 2cm chunks of soft food at Naylorsfield care home in Belle Vale, Liverpool, where he lived, an inquest heard.
But on December 18 2021, the 55-year-old was seated alone with another disabled resident at a table with a bowl of cocktail sausages and sausage rolls left over from a staff Christmas party the night before. At his inquest on Monday, May 22, support worker Zoe Parr said she was washing dishes in the kitchen when she noticed Jimmy get up and approach another member of staff, who had her back turned, the Liverpool Echo reports.
