One point I forgot to make is that one of the reasons Maeve didn't tolerate a particular NG trial was because the feed they tried her with was the...
I'm going to have to draw this to a conclusion as I'm struggling, so I'll just give the most salient points from my scribbled notes, which I'll...
(Part 3/Roy. There is a lot of highly simplified anatomical discussion & explanations which I did not try to jot down. Again, I won't offer...
(Dr Roy's testimony, part 2. Not going to express my opinions of this in these posts; just reporting.) The coroner mentions that the family had...
(Part 1) Dr Roy - consultant gastroenterologist at the RD&E - was the first witness. Worked in Colchester, New Zealand, then in Exeter and now...
The inquest has ended for the day and will resume tomorrow, with Drs Prague and Patel scheduled to attend. At the end there was a discussion about...
I'm not on Twitter but I think some of the Tweets posted above are muddled. The psychological support statement is taken out of context. The...
Just to say that I'm not at all well enough today to write the kind of updates that I did yesterday, but I've listened to the entire morning...
Here's the citation. Not sure if this is the guidance mentioned but it's the closest thing I've found so far: Royal College of Physicians....
I've been trying to find the source of this claim. There's an RCP publication called "Supporting people who have eating and drinking difficulties"...
Excellent article in the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/24/maeve-boothby-oneill-nhs-staff-treated-blame-condition-uk/
https://archive.is/20240723181038/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/me-sufferer-placed-on-eating-disorder-ward-against-expert-advice-b...
The final witness was also from DCC, Ben Fairs (sp?), social worker. Did not meet Maeve in person. Talking about the attempt to conduct a joint...
Testimony of the council worker so far (apologies, these notes are quite fragmented yet again, will try to edit for clarity): ~1420 A discussion...
Yes, Dr W mentioned his involvement with writing that report and that severe needs re. nutrition were known and included in that report even back...
RD&E trust questioner opens by asking Dr Weir about his expertise and background. Dr W discusses his time in the NHS at the Royal Free, seeing...
Questions from Maeve's parents to Dr W. First question: that the risks of feeding Maeve were considered but that the risks of not feeding her were...
Post with some updates. Coroner references Strain's testimony that there are likely a range of causes as to why people develop ME. Weir mentions...
Dr Weir's testimony has begun. (If there is interest I'd be happy to post a few updates; I can manage that today, I think.)
There are some errors I spotted on a very quick skim. It was called "epidemic neuromyasthenia" not "epidemic neurasthenis". It's "Epstein-Barr"...
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