17/03/2017 Points West


17/03/2017

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Good evening. for the news where you are.

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A coroner's ruled that neglect and gross failures in care

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contributed to the death of a teenager from meningitis.

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Izzy Gentry, who was 16, died last May at the BRI.

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She'd gone to hospital two days previously but had been discharged.

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Our health correspondent Matthew Hill reports.

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This grief is not something you get over or move on from.

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Today's conclusion that Izzy's death could have been prevented was both

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welcome and distressing to her parents.

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Izzy was taken by ambulance to the BRI emergency department

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A paramedic suspected she had meningitis as she was vomiting,

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had neck pains, dizziness, was lethargic and had

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But by 5am, she had been discharged after being told

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But her symptoms got worse and she later died

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The coroner said the junior doctor who discharged Isabel did not take

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She said his diagnosis of gastroenteritis was inaccurate

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and his decision was wrong - he should have reached a different

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diagnosis of sepsis or severe inflammatory response syndrdome,

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diagnosis of sepsis or severe inflammatory response syndrome,

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and that he should have referred her case up to a registrar.

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Yesterday the hearing was adjourned because Izzy's family were so upset

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about evidence they heard from an expert witness.

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A paediatrician said if she'd been admitted to her unit

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she would have been given antibiotics, which would

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Whilst we acknowledge that the hospital have recognised

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that they made serious communication errors, their initial

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approach seemed to be damage limitation rather than saying,

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a 16-year-old has died in our care, we must learn and improve.

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The hospital will now revise the way they train junior doctors

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Izzy's death was the catalyst for a study of sixth-formers to find

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out if it's worthwhile vaccinating teenagers

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We've now got to do the lab work and look to see if giving

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them the vaccine drove down the number of bacteria

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Izzy's very sad case was very much the catalyst that got us on to doing

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this study and got the various people involved on board,

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the funders, different agencies, the different health workers,

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Her friends have given their support throughout.

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There is now more pressure to reconsider if they, too,

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should be protected from meningitis B in the same way

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Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion

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It follows the death of 25-year-old Jordan Taylor,

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who was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday morning and died

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Earlier today we learnt that police had also arrested a 24-year-old man

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but he's been forensically eliminated from their investigation.

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A mother whose three-year-old son was killed by a two-tonne trailer

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has stepped up her campaign for better enforcement

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Freddie Hussey died three years ago after the runaway trailer trapped

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His mother Donna has called for more rigorous checks

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A man's been jailed for 14 months after a high-speed police

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Helicopter footage shows his car racing round blind corners, hitting

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Clive Hill from Radstock had failed to stop for police in November.

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He admitted a number of offences including dangerous driving.

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There was disappointment for lots of West Country racing fans today,

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as one of the favourites of the big race at Cheltenham fell

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It was Gold Cup Day, of course, and there were big hopes for both

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The Irish, irrepressible at Cheltenham. Could they now turned

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the gold cup green? The money flowed in the direction of the Ruby Walsh,

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who won four races yesterday. Most experienced horse in the race and

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he's going to run home. But hopes rested with Cue Card and Native

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River. Could those give the trainer a piece of history? Come on, Cue

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Card, my son! The Lizzie Kelly, the first woman in the gold cup for 33

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years, the dream lasted just two fences. Cue Card's challenge ended

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three fences from home, just as it did last year... Another Irish horse

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raced to the line. A Gloucestershire trainer jockey sneaking in ahead of

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Native River. With the build-up we thought we would come and win but we

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haven't. This is a relief for me. Everyone has got up and is fine, so

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we take all the positives. A place amongst the greats and another great

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day for the Irish. Bristol City have tonight moved out

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of the relegation zone with a 4-0 Lee Tomlin put City

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ahead before striker Tammy Abraham made it

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2-0 before half time. Aiden Flint added a third

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in the second half and David Cotterill's late penalty

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sealed the win. The West's women's rugby

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players have helped England secure their title

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as Six Nations Champions, with their first

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Grand Slam Since 2012. Five local players

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started on the pitch with Bristol's Amy Wilson-Hardy

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getting them off to a winning start. The visitors led throughout

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the match in Ireland with England That's where I must wish you a very

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good night and a good weekend. Here is Ian with a look at the forecast.

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A fairly breezy or windy story through much of the weekend with a

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lot of cloud around, but many districts staying dry or largely so.

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Patchy rain about, more particularly so on Saturday, with most of that

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getting soaked up over higher ground out towards the west of us. Some

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patchy outbreaks of rain tonight across parts of Exmoor and some of

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that through the Bristol Channel. Further eastwards, a largely dry

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picture with temperatures at eight or nine, so comparatively mild, but

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staying fairly windy. Heading into Saturday, you will see the signal

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for periods of occasionally like rain spreading in from the West.

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Some of that will be heavy over Exmoor but temperatures will be

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milder compared to Friday despite the fact it's rather breezy. We

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should still get between 11 it is rather breezy. Now for the

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national outlook. It was quite a wet day across many

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northern and western parts of the UK. This was the view in Lancashire

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not so long ago. For the weekend we are looking to see further rain, all

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coming from the west, so the further east you are, it should be drier. It

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will be quite a windy weekend for all parts. The radar from earlier

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today showing quite a bit of rain across the North and west. The only

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rain across the East has been light and patchy, but heavy bursts further

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west. The satellite sequence shows cloud over the UK at the moment.

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Plenty more cloud over the Atlantic, and it's heading our way, most of it

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rain bearing. Tomorrow night, still wet for most areas. Snow over the

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hills of Scotland, not much rain in the east, but still some. With the

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crowd and breeze, temperatures kept up at eight or nine foremost, but

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northern Scotland will be cold enough for icy patches in the far

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north.

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