Patient died after medics ignored allergy warning

Liz Degnen's mother died at Tameside Hospital - one of the hospitals singled out in Sir Bruce Keogh's report - after being given penicillin despite being allergic to the drug.

"She was in this awful condition and she was incoherent. We couldn't fathom what the matter was," she said.

"It was us that discovered what it was: She'd actually had seven units of IV (intravenous) penicillin despite the fact that we'd told them she was allergic to it."