London student with epilepsy died after spending days desperately tying to get medication

A coroner has recommended that NHS England reviews however it deals with patients with alleged “cliff borderline conditions” similar epilepsy and diabetes pursuing the decease of a South London student.

Charlie Marriage, 32, suffered a abrupt unexpected decease successful epilepsy (SUDEP) astatine his level successful Camberwell, during a seizure aft helium was incapable to get his anti-epilepsy medication.

The Brunel University pupil had spent 2 days unsuccessfully trying to get his anti-epilepsy drugs from aesculapian professionals earlier helium died connected Saturday June 27, 2021.

Speaking astatine the result of an inquest into the student’s decease connected Tuesday (January 21), Xavier Mooyaart, Assistant Coroner for Inner South London, said determination were “clear cohorts of patients” who mightiness beryllium “similarly susceptible successful the future” if they were not “appropriately advised”.

Mr Mooyaart said these people included patients with epilepsy, arsenic good arsenic diabetes and bosom nonaccomplishment patients, who mightiness beryllium astatine hazard of decease if they didn’t get their medicine aboriginal capable oregon successful capable quantities.

He said that his recommendations would necessitate information astatine a “national level crossed respective systems”, adding that NHS England, which provides the bulk of healthcare successful the UK’s largest country, was champion placed to transportation retired specified work.

Mr Mooyaart added: “The information of this is not a disapproval of NHS England but to admit they person the privilege of being successful the champion presumption to see this [and forestall aboriginal deaths].”

Before his death, Charlie had managed to get a dose of Fycompa — an anti-epilepsy cause — that helium had recovered astatine his girlfriend’s house. But the medicine was retired of day and helium took a little dose than usual.

Mr Mooyart said that the deficiency of Fycompa and different anti-epilepsy medicine apt contributed to Mr Marriage’s accrued hazard of having a seizure and the severity of immoderate seizure.

Mr Mooyart added that helium had identified “evidence of galore failures” successful however a doctor’s surgery, a Superdrug pharmacy successful Camberwell and NHS 111 dealt with Charlie successful the days starring up to his death.

Henrietta Hastings, Charlie’s mother, antecedently told the inquest that her lad became stressed and anxious portion trying to get his medicine from a Superdrug successful Camberwell connected the Saturday earlier his death. Ms Hastings said that she and Charlie spent 3 hours astatine the pharmacy trying to get his anti-epilepsy drugs earlier giving up aft realising it wasn’t successful stock.

Charlie received a substance connection from NHS Test and Trace connected the Thursday earlier his decease telling him to self-isolate owed to perchance coming into interaction with Covid-19.

Realising helium would not beryllium capable to cod a repetition medicine arsenic accustomed from his assemblage pharmacy successful Uxbridge, West London, connected the Friday helium tried unsuccessfully to get an exigency proviso of medicine from a section pharmacy via his GP surgery.

On the Saturday Mr Marriage tried calling NHS 111 aggregate times and heading to the Superdrug successful Camberwell to get his anti-epilepsy drugs, but again was unsuccessful. He died successful the aboriginal hours of the pursuing time from SUDEP portion unsocial astatine his level successful Camberwell.

Mr Mooyart added: “It’s plain that attempts were made to instrumentality tenable steps [to assistance Charlie] but these were yet ineffective.”