Seen by a nurse, not a doctor: How nine-year-old Dylan Cope died from NHS neglect
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On the day nine-year-old Dylan Cope was due to play a little reindeer in his school Christmas play, his parents were watching him die. Dylan loved science, coding and Lego. He was fascinated by the gears on his bicycle, and would always persevere with a Rubik’s cube or programming problem until he found the answer. At home in Rhiwderin, Newport, he would drop everything and come running whenever the family Alexa announced: “Free hugs available in the lounge.” “He was really unique, loving,” his mother, Corinne, told The Sunday Telegraph. “He was an unusual mix of sensitive, but also had a strong sense of justice.” His father, Laurence, described him as “very funny, intelligent, inquisitive”. He thought Dylan “would go far in life”. Instead, on Dec 14, 2022, Dylan died from septic shock caused by a ruptured appendix. Eight days earlier, his GP had sent him to A&E with suspected appendicitis. There, he was assessed by a woman in navy blue scrubs whom his father believed was a docto
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