In-person GP appointment may have saved Leeds student’s life, coroner finds

David Nash, 26, died after being wrongly diagosed in remote consultations during pandemic

A student who died after being wrongly diagnosed in a series of remote GP appointments during the pandemic would probably have lived if he had been seen in person, a coroner has found.

David Nash, 26, died from brain-stem swelling on 4 November 2020 at Leeds General Infirmary more than two weeks after first reporting symptoms of mastoiditis, a serious bacterial infection of a bone in the ear.