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Alder Hey hospital admits responsibility for 24 failings that led to the death of a 21-month-old girl

Liverpool children's hospital Alder Hey has fully admitted responsibility for 24 failings in care that led to the death of 21-month-old Eleanor Hazel Aldred-Owen from Mold (Wales) in October 2023. The coroner concluded that the death resulted from misadventure aggravated by neglect: an abnormal chest X-ray was not passed on to doctors, and the collapsed lung was identified too late. Liverpool children's hospital Alder Hey has fully admitted responsibility for 24 failings in care that led to the death of 21-month-old Eleanor Hazel Aldred-Owen from Mold (Wales) in October 2023. The coroner concluded that the death resulted from misadventure contributed to by neglect: an abnormal chest X-ray was not passed on to doctors, and a collapsed lung was identified too late.

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