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He was also found to have suffered some serious physical injuries before he died – a cut behind his ear and multiple broken ribs. Rochdale, a court which covers Rochdale, Oldham, Bury and areas of north Manchester, was selected because it serves areas of relatively high deprivation, where people are most likely to be hit by any failure in public services.
Evidence heard during these hearings lifts the lid on the crumbling state of Britain’s public services as they struggle to cope with a multitude of crises including; pressure on the NHS, ambulance wait times, rising anti-social behaviour and unsolved crime, the spiralling cost-of-living and demand on local authority services.
The court and its coroners sit in on the ground floor of a nondescript office bloc, hidden behind Rochdale’s central shopping centre. But it is in this plain modern building, and many like it across the country, that the extreme consequences of many people’s daily struggle to survive are being set out in cold, objective detail.was there to bear witness to a string of similarly tragic tales of lives that have come to an untimely end, to a grim snapshot of modern Britain.
These are national problems. England has a shortage of more than 2,000 midwives and earlier this year, a report from the Care Quality Commission highlighted a concerning decline in the standards of maternity services across the NHS. Two in every five units are currently rated as either “requires improvement” or “inadequate”.
Speaking outside court, Mr Nolan’s family said he had had to wait more than 24 hours for an ambulance, despite being in considerable distress from the double hip fracture. The court heard Mrs Wilson faced a “long stay” in A&E at the hospital before staff were able to find her a bed on a ward. While she was waiting in the emergency department, she was assessed as being at risk of a fall, but a care plan was not put in place, said coroner Cath McKenna.
“However you explain it, whatever stone you turn over, people will essentially live less happier lives than they would if they were born in more affluent parts of the country. And that can’t be right in modern Britain.
SteveRobson04 Rochdale coroner's court was selected because it serves areas of relatively high deprivation 🔴 It was also the court that hit the headlines when it was ruled that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died as a result of prolonged exposure to mould in his flat