NHS hospital was guilty of neglect over death of nine-year-old boy from sepsis after he was sent home from hospital with painkillers, inquest rules Dylan Cope was sent home with painkillers after his appendix burst in 2022 By Tom Bedford Published: 15:54 EDT, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 15:54 EDT, 24 May 2024 e-mail View comments An NHS hospital was guilty of neglect when it sent a dying schoolboy home from hospital with painkillers, an inquest has ruled. Dylan Cope, nine, suffered a burst appendix which led to a sepsis infection spreading right through his body. A coroner ruled that if Dylan had been kept in hospital to have his appendix removed 'his death would have been avoided'.
His heartbroken parents Laurence and Corrine wept as they heard their son died from a gross failure of basic care. The couple said there were 'numerous missed opportunities' to save their 'loving and unique' son. The family GP had sent him to A&E at the Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, South Wales, with suspected appendicitis on 6 Dec 2022 after he complained of 'excruciating' pain.
But an inquest heard paediatric nurse practitioner Samantha Hayden's examination of the schoolboy was 'inadequate' and Dr Lianne Doherty did not carry out a senior review before Dylan was discharged. Nine-year-old Dylan died after being sent home from hospital with painkillers Dylan was sent to A&E at the Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran in December 2022 Senior Gwent Coroner Caroline Saunders said: 'There were a .
