The family of fifty-five-year-old Lorna Loxton say she died weeks after tripping on a metal hazard outside Bristol Royal Infirmary. The NHS trust has offered its condolences while an inquest prepares to examine what happened.
00:0155-year-old Lorna Loxton had gone to Bristol Royal Infirmary for a routine cardiology appointment
00:07when, according to her family, her three-wheel walking frame became caught on a metal flap covering a bollard outside the hospital.
00:14She tripped, fell heavily, broke her hip and hit her head on the ground.
00:19Miss Loxton underwent surgery to repair her hip, but her condition deteriorated over the following weeks
00:25and she died in hospital on 28th of January.
00:29University Hospitals Bristol and Western NHS Foundation Trust has expressed what it called its heartfelt condolences to her family.
00:37The trust says it is working closely with the coroner but cannot comment further until the inquest is complete.
00:43Lorna had lived with myotonic dystrophy, a genetic disorder causing muscle weakness,
00:49which had limited her ability to work and meant some days she struggled to get out of bed.
00:55Her daughter, Dani, described her as an animal lover who cared deeply for her horses and three dogs.
01:01She said the way her mother was lost had been absolutely traumatic and had left the family seeking answers about what happened.
01:09An internal report commissioned by the trust found the metal flap outside the hospital was angled in a way that created a trip hazard.
01:19Law firm Slater and Gordon representing the family ahead of the inquest said the investigation also revealed that bollard posts in the area were not being regularly monitored by the estates and facilities team at the time of the incident.
01:33University Hospitals Bristol and Western NHS Foundation Trust says it has reviewed maintenance across its sites following the internal report that identified the trip hazard outside the infirmary.
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