A mum ready to start a new life in Liverpool died after an operation she had waited two years for.
Carlene Kershaw felt she wasn't "taken seriously" by her GP or the NHS after her heart surgery was delayed on several occasions before taking place in June 2021. The 40-year-old mum-of-two's condition quickly deteriorated following a crucial operation and she died after forming a blood clot.
At an inquest into her death on Wednesday, May 11, coroner Lydia Brown said Ms Kershaw's untimely death was "an awful outcome" after a number of complications arose after a four-hour surgery. She had first reported breathlessness in August 2019 and later began suffering vomiting, headaches and a tight chest.
