A 22-year-old man who died from sepsis did not receive the antibiotics and fluids “with the urgency that he should have”, a coroner has said.
William Hewes died within 24 hours of being admitted to Homerton University Hospital in east London after his meningitis, caused by a meningococcal infection, developed into sepsis in January 2023.
There were delays in giving him potentially life-saving treatment due to communication errors between staff, Mary Hassell, senior coroner for north London, said.
Concluding the inquest into his death, she criticised the hospital, but added that “I simply do not know” if earlier treatment would have saved Mr Hewes.
