Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has admitted a number of failings in her treatment
A hospital trust has apologised to a woman who was struck down by sepsis following an operation. Susan Reynolds developed the life-threatening condition after undergoing abdominal surgery at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport in April 2016.
READ MORE: Much-loved Northern Quarter restaurant forced to cut opening hours due to rising energy bills The trust also admitted a seven-day delay in the application of a specialist dressing to help close the wound and increase healing and accepted that the delays ‘contributed to’ Ms Reynolds' condition deteriorating.
“I could tell something wasn’t quite right after my surgery but it took a long time for me to get the treatment I needed. To know that this should have been done around a week earlier really upset me, but I’m grateful that the hospital trust has admitted this.
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