A doctor who rushed her seriously ill son to the east London hospital where she worked, and where he later died of sepsis, says she feels "betrayed" by the way her family were treated.
William Hewes, 22, died within 24 hours of being admitted to Homerton University Hospital after his meningitis developed into sepsis in January 2023.
Dr Deborah Burns said she had repeatedly queried the speed of his treatment and has since been unable to "go back and work for an organisation that doesn't acknowledge its errors and learn from them".
A coroner has criticised the hospital but said she could not conclude if earlier treatment would have saved Mr Hewes. The hospital said it would learn from what happened.
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In an article published, again by the BBC, at the commencement of the inquest, the Coroner made her views know regarding the state of investigations by NHS Trusts:
Coroner Mary Hassell said improvements could be made "up and down the country" as a result of the death.
Consultant paediatrician Deborah Burns, Mr Hewes's mother, was a doctor at the east London hospital in which her son died for more than 20 years.
The inquest previously heard extracts from Dr Burns' statement in which she expressed her belief that Mr Hewes was "left unmonitored and untreated in resus for far too long" and that his care "was no better on the ICU (intensive care unit) until it was too late".
Coroner Mary Hassell said that when she gives her conclusion, one element she will "certainly write about" is that "the lessons learned must be shared and must be shared at a national level".
She said: "This isn't the first time that I have heard an inquest where a great deal of the investigation has been driven by the family and I am sure it won't be the last.
"Nothing will bring William back but it seems to me that others may be saved as a result of the work done following his death."
Ms Hassall said Martha Mills' parents sat before her "in a very similar situation" and as a result their campaign, which gives patients and their loved ones the right to a second medical opinion, is being introduced nationally.
She added: "It seems to me that improvements can be made up and down the country as a result of William's death."
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