Legal action launched over hospital's 'series of failures'

Case against the hoospital trust

It is claimed that Laura Garner's mother Anne asked to be allowed to stay at Bradford Royal Infirmary to be with her stricken daughter, but her request was refused by hospital staff. Hours later she was told over the phone that her daughter had died.

Now Laura's parents have launched legal action against Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over her treatment, claiming there was a "series of failures" in her care.

Their solicitor, Daniel Hilton, said: "Laura's tragic death occurred after a catalogue of failures in respect of her care following her admission to Bradford Royal Infirmary.

"The hospital's own report shows that they failed in the key areas of diagnosis, investigation and treatment."

He said a serious incident report prepared by the hospital following Miss Garner's death concluded that "there were deficiencies in the basic medical processes of differential diagnosis, investigation and treatment".

Her mother said: "Laura was a beautiful, cheeky, loving daughter who lived her short life to the max."

A spokesman for the trust said: "After Laura's death, the Foundation Trust took immediate action to investigate the circumstances surrounding this tragic loss of life and an internal investigation was carried out, the results of which we shared with Laura's family.

"We would like to apologise to Laura's family and assure them that the necessary actions, which came out of the report, are being taken."