Law student likely to have lived if seen in person by GP

A LAW student likely would not have died if he had seen his GP face-to-face, a coroner has ruled.

David Nash, a 26-year-old musician and second-year law student at Leeds University, died after four remote GP consultations.

His parents, Andrew and Anne Nash, say they feel vindicated after a coroner ruled it is likely he would have lived if he had been given a face-to-face appointment.

Mr and Mrs Nash, from Cheshire, have fought for more than two years to find out whether their son would have lived if he had been seen in person at Burley Park Medical Centre, in Leeds.

Yesterday they said they were “saddened and vindicated by the findings that the simple and obvious, necessary step of seeing him in person would have saved his life” and wanted to make sure “others don’t die as David did”.

The coroner ruled it was a “missed opportunity” the nurse practitioner failed to arrange a face-to-face appointment. A statement from Burley Park Medical Centre detailed changes made to the surgery since the student’s death.