"Peter Dervin had spent all day by his son's side in Broomfield Hospital before he decided to get dinner. He pleaded with staff at the Essex facility not to leave his eldest child, Greg, alone in his absence. "They almost laughed at me and said, 'This is what we do. We're nurses and we look after patients'," Dervin recalls. Greg had been given lorazepam, an anxiety drug flagged by clinicians as leaving him prone to becoming unsteady and agitated."
"When his dad returned to the ward a short while later, Greg was in a critical condition. Left alone in his room, the 35-year-old had fallen over and hit his head on a piece of equipment, causing a catastrophic brain injury. Greg, a father, structural engineer and Arsenal fan from Roxwell, near Chelmsford, died a week later, on 10 May 2024."
"Greg was being treated for a heart issue brought on by what his family branded "mismanagement" of his Crohn's disease. He was transferred from a London hospital to Broomfield on 23 April 2024 and had been on track to be discharged after almost 500 days of treatment. Area coroner Sonia Hayes said he arrived in Essex with a "significant, comprehensive discharge plan" that included two-to-one care."
Peter Dervin stayed with his son Greg at Broomfield Hospital and pleaded with staff not to leave him alone while he went for dinner. Greg received lorazepam, which clinicians warned could make him unsteady and agitated. Dedicated nursing care was removed and replaced by a security guard who was not permitted to make clinical interventions. Greg fell in his room, hit his head on equipment, and suffered a catastrophic brain injury. He died a week later on 10 May 2024. Prior falls were observed but not referred to the trust's falls team despite a discharge plan calling for two-to-one care.
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