Inquest into patient’s death? Sorry, my brother isn’t feeling very well

A nurse did not bother to turn up to an inquest into the death of his patient because he was visiting his sick brother, a hearing was told. Joe Debrah was working as an agency nurse at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent, in January 2014 when the patient died. The inquest was scheduled for March 2015 at Gravesham Coroner’s Court, but Debrah did not attend despite repeated attempts to contact him and was eventually fined £250, the Nursing and Midwifery…