Doctor Says Rash on 5-Year-Old Jax Jefferys Slipped Her Mind Before Strep A Death
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 9
Doctor Says Rash on 5-Year-Old Jax Jefferys Slipped Her Mind Before Strep A Death
2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 9
Summary
Dr Refat Parveen told an inquest she forgot to check a red rash reported on five-year-old Jax Jefferys before he was sent home from Queen Alexandra Hospital on 30 November 2022.
Nurse Lydia Savin said she had noted a rash on Jax's back, face and neck — a possible sign of serious infection — while Parveen said she was uneasy about his condition and surprised a consultant agreed he could leave.
Parveen accepted Jax's symptoms — a four-day cough, red throat and fever — put him at "moderate to high risk" of sepsis under NHS guidance, and the hearing also examined signs of scarlet fever linked to streptococcus A.
Jax, from Waterlooville, died the next day after collapsing as his parents drove him back to hospital; his mother has said staff diagnosed flu, called the rash a possible heat rash and said there was nothing they could do.
The week-long inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court is continuing into the circumstances of the 2022 death.