Inquest finds neglect contributed to woman’s hospital death

Laura Booth became malnourished after she was admitted to Sheffield hospital for eye operation in 2016

The death of a young disabled woman following a routine eye operation was partly caused by malnutrition as a result of neglect, a coroner has ruled.

Laura Booth, 21, was admitted to the Royal Hallamshire hospital in Sheffield in September 2016 for a routine eye operation. She died the next month, on 19 October.