The investigation, supervised by the coroner and including evidence given by two doctors involved in the care of Campbell, discovers that she died of natural causes and adds that “the lost opportunities” to correctly diagnose Campbell “do not contribute minimally to his death in the balance of probabilities.”
The scrutiny about the death of Campbell and the management of his illness occurs in a context of greater concern for the standards of attention in the NHS.
“I think that due to the important financial problems that NHS is encountered, we have seen a notable decrease in the quality of patient care,” says Dr. Luke Munford, a professor of health economy at the University of Manchester.
“The NHS recommends that 90% of heart patients look within a period of 18 weeks. In Manchester at this time it is 54%.”
“Manchester receives around £ 2.6 billion per year, what sounds like much, but when divided by the population that serves, it is not really a large amount of money.
“England suffers from a postal code lottery. People in the north, even if they have substantial personal wealth, are at the mercy of the local health and care system.
“If we observe the budget cuts, austerity hit areas like Manchester much worse than the areas in southeastern England.” Dr. Manford added that he worried that there were more examples of cases such as those of Campbell.
A spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care told the BBC: “Kevin Campbell was a great inspiration, and our deepest sympathies are with his family and friends.
“This government is reviewing our NHS, so it works for all patients, regardless of where they live and our fundamental change of the disease to prevention will be vital to address health inequalities, make people healthier and reducing pressure on NHS.
“According to our change plan, we are also prioritizing patient safety and investing an additional £ 26 billion in the NHS to reduce waiting lists and save lives.”
A spokesman for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust said: “Once again, we offer our deep condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Campbell for his great loss. It is clear for the investigation that everyone did everything possible to take care of it, and there is no evidence that Mr. Campbell’s death may have been avoided.
“We are committed to constantly improving the quality of the care we provide to our patients. While there are aspects of the care of Mr. Campbell who could have improved, the coroner has discovered that they did not contribute more than the minimally minimal to their sad death. We have already taken the learning of the care of Mr. Campbell E made improvements in all confidence, and we are committed to continuous learning and improvement of all our patients.”
