Attacks victim's death 'potentially preventable'
An inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks has concluded that one victim's death was potentially preventable with faster medical intervention. The panel noted that while emergency responders worked hard, specific procedural delays impacted survival chances.
Why it matters
This inquiry provides critical oversight into emergency response protocols and mental health care failures regarding violent offenders.
Image source, Supplied Image caption, Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane on 13 June 2023
The death of a student killed in the Nottingham attacks was "potentially preventable", an inquiry has heard.
Barnaby Webber - along with Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates - were killed by Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020, in June 2023.
On Tuesday, ahead of closing statements to the Nottingham Inquiry, the hearing was told a "more rapid administration of blood products" could have increased Barnaby's chances of getting to hospital with enough of a heartbeat to undergo surgery.
The inquiry heard Barnaby had a less than 50% chance of surviving his injuries, characterised as "potentially preventable", while Grace and Ian's deaths were "not preventable".
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