{"id":960,"date":"2017-02-06T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=960"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:30:58","slug":"substandard-care-contributes-to-father-of-fours-fatal-cardiac-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/substandard-care-contributes-to-father-of-fours-fatal-cardiac-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Substandard care contributes to father of four\u2019s fatal cardiac arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The results of an inquest into the death of 43-year old Lee Hanstock were released last week and revealed in The Times.<\/p>\n<p>Experiencing severe high blood pressure, a migraine and a chest infection, Mr Hanstock attended A&amp;E at Queens Hospital in Burton, where a string of medical failures meant that he left the hospital six hours later, still with high blood pressure, but with no on-going medication. Just 24 hours later, following a deterioration in his condition, Mr Hanstock died of heart failure as he was being attended by an ambulance crew, who unfortunately administered inappropriate quantities of sedative medication.<\/p>\n<p>An independent specialist consultant, Michael Norrell, commented that the evidence suggested a \u2018substandard\u2019 level of care had been provided.<\/p>\n<p>Opportunities to assess and alleviate the problems with Mr Hanstock\u2019s heart had been missed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>he was not given an electrocardiogram<\/li>\n<li>an optic fundoscopy was not undertaken<\/li>\n<li>his CT scan was not adequately assessed<\/li>\n<li>he was not sent home with blood pressure medication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Hanstock was, in fact, sent home with painkillers (for his migraine) and antibiotics for a chest infection.<\/p>\n<p>It was further suggested that, had Mr Hanstock been retained in hospital for monitoring, there may have been a more successful response to his deterioration.<\/p>\n<p>The coroner concluded that \u2018death could have been avoided through suitable treatment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact a solicitor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have been the victim of poor medical care, please get in touch with us at Glynns Solicitors to discuss your circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Please call us on <a href=\"tel:0800 234 3300\">0800 234 3300<\/a> (or from a mobile <a href=\"tel:01275334030\"><strong>01275 334030<\/strong><\/a>) or complete our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/free-claim-enquiry-mn.php\"><strong>Online Enquiry Form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/free-claim-enquiry-mn.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/images\/FreeClaims-top.gif\" alt=\"Free enquiry\" width=\"199\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of an inquest into the death of 43-year old Lee Hanstock were released last week and revealed in The Times. Experiencing severe high blood pressure, a migraine and a chest infection, Mr Hanstock attended A&amp;E at Queens Hospital in Burton, where a string of medical failures meant that he left the hospital six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1572],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accident-and-emergency","tag-accident-emergency-medical-negligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}