Coroner Warns of ‘Catastrophic Event’ Risk After Preventable Death in Under-Resourced ED

'Well-liked' former publican dies in 'preventable' fall at crowded Taranaki Base Hospital ED

Leonard Collett, a "sociable" and "straight-talking" father of four, died in a fall the coroner said was preventable.

Coroner warns of ‘catastrophic event’ risk after preventable death in under-resourced ED

The fatal fall of a man being treated in an overcapacitated emergency department was both “foreseeable and preventable”. Leonard Collett, known as Len or...

‘He was really looking forward to the future’ – Mum’s heartbreak as coroner warns of ’emerging threat’ in deadly online drug

A heartbroken Portadown mother has spoken of the devastating loss of her son after he died from taking a powerful synthetic drug bought on the dark web – as a coroner warned that the rise of these so-called nitazenes is becoming an “emerging threat” in Northern Ireland. An inquest into the death of 33-year-old Jay Woolsey, held at Banbridge Courthouse, heard that the young father-of-one was found dead in his Portadown flat on August 9, 2024, aft…