Cancer patient dies after being denied move due to bed shortage at London hospital quoting : London Evening Standard

Michael Brennan, 80, needed emergency surgery after his condition deteriorated at Whittington Hospital, north London, having been diagnosed with lung cancer. A London cancer patient died after he was denied a move to another hospital because no beds were available. Doctors requested he be transferred to specialists at Westmoreland Street hospital, but there were no beds immediately available. Dr Richard Brittain, assistant coroner for Inner North London, urged the trust which runs Westmoreland Street hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH), to take action to prevent further deaths. "We believe the facebook/" target="_blank">comment that there were no beds available refers to another hospital trust which the Whittington contacted, and not UCLH's hospital at Westmoreland Street.




A cancer patient died after he was denied an urgently needed transfer to another hospital because no bed was available, a coroner has said. This raises the concern that the bed status for the Westmoreland Street hospital was not known to the clinicians when this plan was devised. Our investigation has found we did have beds available at the time. However, UCLH later issued a statement saying an internal investigation had found there were beds available at its Westmoreland Street hospital and suggested another hospital trust was involved. "We believe the facebook/" target="_blank">comment that there were no beds available refers to another hospital trust which the Whittington contacted, and not UCLH's hospital at Westmoreland Street.

Cancer patient dies after 'being denied transfer due to NHS bed shortage'

A cancer patient died after being denied a transfer because of a bed shortage, a coroner has said. Michael Brennan, 80, needed emergency surgery after doctors at Whittington Hospital, north London, discovered lung cancer during a bronchoscopy. William shows bedside manner on cancer hospital visitDr Richard Brittain, assistant coroner for Inner North London, urged UCLH to take action. His doctors requested he be transferred to Westmoreland Street hospital, run by University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH), to receive specialist care but a bed was not available for Mr Brennan, the inquest heard. When the team caring for the elderly man contacted the hospital that evening, they were told there were no beds available.


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