A caring teenager who had a "bright future ahead of her" had been "drastically let down" by professionals, a heartbroken mum has said.
Katie Wilkins was just 14 when she died on July 31, 2020 at Alder Hey hospital following a short battle with a rare form of leukaemia. An inquest was held into the death of the teenager, who dreamed of becoming a paramedic, of Runcorn Road in Warrington.
Speaking at the Liverpool Gerard Majella Courthouse on Monday morning, mum Jeanette Whitfield said: "I lost a part of my heart that day, my best friend and her sister's best friend. You put your trust and everything in the experts so you don't expect to learn how drastically she was let down. She should still be here with me."
