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A coroner has warned of more deaths after errors at a care home and a hotel operator was up in court.

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Oct 31, 2024
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Carers at a Norbreck rest home wrongly said in a resident’s notes that he was being fed a pureed or soft texture diet - before he died after choking on solid food.

Terry Manning, 67, a former council passenger assistant who was known to eat quickly, died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital two days after collapsing at Haddon Court Rest Home while eating a mea…

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