Inquest finds ‘gross’ failings in care of UK student who died after rugby injury

Maddy Lawrence waited more than five hours in agony on pitch for ambulance and then developed sepsis in hospital in Bristol

There were gross" failings in the care of a student who died after after suffering a dislocated hip in a rugby accident and developing sepsis in hospital, a coroner has said.

Staff at Southmead hospital in Bristol failed to carry out all the observations needed to keep 20-year-old Maddy Lawrence safe, and failed to screen her for sepsis.