SOUTH Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) has released a statement following Lilly-May Page-Bowden’s inquest, apologising to her family.
A paramedic from the NHS Foundation Trust, Shannon Jacobs, was today (Friday) deemed by a coroner to have committed ‘gross failures’ in treating Lilly-May when she collapsed in May 2014, leading to her death.
A resumed inquest into Lilly-May’s death on Friday, following an initial two-day long hearing in November, concluded that Shannon Jacobs had not acted according to the guidelines she had been taught when treating a peadiatric cardiac arrest patient.
Paramedic who treated Lilly-May Page-Bowden committed ‘gross failures’
Deirdre Thompson, SCAS Director of Patient Care, said: “South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) has previously offered it sincere condolences to Lilly-May’s family and I would like to reiterate those today as this inquest must have brought back many traumatic memories of the events of 15 May 2014.
“The Trust has undertaken a detailed investigation into our response to Lilly-May’s death from sudden arrhythmic death (SADs) and shared these findings, and our subsequent actions, with Lilly-May’s family.
“We accept the findings of the Coroner today and offer our sincere apologies to Lilly-May’s family.”
The full story on today’s inquest can be found here.
