Weetabix inquest didn't prompt training - Betsi Cadwaladr
Staff food intolerance training happened a week before an inquest on coeliac patient Hazel Pearson.
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Staff food intolerance training happened a week before an inquest on coeliac patient Hazel Pearson.
Hazel Pearson, from Connah's Quay, died after being given Weetabix at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, despite being a coeliac, in 2021.
Hazel Pearson, from Connah's Quay, Flintshire, suffered a reaction and died four days after she was given the breakfast cereal during a stay at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in November 2021
Many people are living with coeliac disease, that is an intolerance to gluten and can lead to deadly consequences if untreated, and there is a silent version without normal symptoms
The death of Hazel Pearson was a "clear failure" that should not have happened, says Coeliac UK.