Old phone numbers and an incorrect email address meant Rowan Thompson's vital blood test results failed to reach Prestwich before their death, an inquest has heard. The 18-year-old, who identified as non-binary and used the pronoun 'them', died following a seizure on October 3, 2020.
Rowan was an inpatient on the Gardener Unit, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), on the site commonly known as Prestwich Hospital. Jurors have today (October 31) been sent out to deliberate after hearing evidence about Rowan's death at Rochdale Coroners Court over the past week.
After summing up the evidence this morning, coroner Joanne Kearsley told the jury it should consider whether attempts to communicate Rowan's blood test results the day before had contributed to their death. The results showed Rowan was suffering from 'severe hypokalemia' - a condition in which a person has too low a concentration of potassium in their blood, which is being considered by the jury as Rowan's possible cause of death.
