Boy, six, sent home by A&E dies of sepsis

A BOY of six died from sepsis after being sent home four times by doctors.

Connor Horridge collapsed while walking to another appointment.

His last words were “Mummy, my legs”. He died in hospital hours later on December 18 last year.

A Bolton inquest heard Connor had twice been taken to an out-of-hours GP and twice to A&E after complaining of earache, a sore throat and sickness.

Mum Joanne and dad Thomas were told to take him home to Platt Bridge, Wigan, and give him paracetamol and fluids.

A post-mortem found he contracted streptococcal septicaemia which caused sepsis. But the coroner heard a blood test would have made no difference.

Verdict: Natural causes.

When James accepted the request, our reporter booked an appointment on August 4 at the shed, which he calls L’Unico Salon, behind a detached house in Farcet, near Peterborough, Cambs.

It was lined with boxes of Restylane, a dermal filler, and Azzalure, an antiwrinkle substance similar to Botox.

James offered to get hold of Botox in time for the reporter’s next appointment on August 9. When she returned he was waiting with a box of Botox and began filling the syringe within three minutes of her arrival.

NHS guidelines advise Botox patients to ask questions about their practitioner’s background, the product and the procedure they are about to have.

When our reporter asked about his qualifications, James described himself as a “cosmetic practitioner”. According to Save Face, a government-approved register of accredited practitioners, this means he is a beautician. The group said: “Anyone can call themselves that. It is not a medical term.”

James said he had trained at Rivers Cosmetic Hospital in