Student, 20, 'treated like time-waster' before collapse and agonising death

Neglect played part in death of student labelled ‘time-waster’, says coroner

Neglect contributed to the death of a normally fit and healthy law student who died in agonising pain and was made to feel like a “time-waster” by medics in the run-up to her collapse, a coroner has found.

‘Time-waster’: 20yo’s death linked to hospital neglect

A university student was treated as an ‘annoyance’ and ‘time-waster’ before collapsing and dying.

Family of Newcastle student say she was 'snatched away in most brutal way'

An inquest into the death of Libby Instone, 20, heard that neglect had contributed to the death of the Law student

Student 'treated like a time-waster' before dying in agonising pain

Libby Instone, 20, had been vomiting for days before she collapsed and died. She visited an urgent care centre three times in 24 hours but was told she was suffering from gastroenteritis, an inquest heard

Student was 'treated like time-waster' before collapsing and dying in pain

Libby Instone, 20, from Billingham, Teesside, died in August 2023 after being told she had gastroenteritis despite visiting urgent care three times in 24 hours

Law student 'treated as time-waster' by NHS before painful death

Libby Instone, 20, from Billingham, Teesside, had been vomiting for days and was repeatedly told she had gastroenteritis before she collapsed and died in August 2023, an inquest has heard