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Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 8

Lauren Bennett's Father Alleges 5 Months of NHS Failures After Severe Medication Reaction

Updated

Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 8

Lauren Bennett's Father Alleges 5 Months of NHS Failures After Severe Medication Reaction

Q: After a severe drug reaction, how did a famous singer’s care allegedly fail for five months?

The alleged failure was that Lauren Bennett did not receive appropriate treatment from medical professionals and NHS services for five months after suffering a severe reaction to a prescribed medication. That account comes from her father, Richard Bennett, who said the reaction happened several months before her death and that the family was left deeply disappointed by how she was treated during what he called her “time of greatest need.” He did not publicly detail the exact clinical mistakes, delays, or missed interventions, and no official finding has yet set out precisely what went wrong. What is established so far is limited but significant: the family says they have “no suspicions regarding the circumstances of her death,” yet they believe her care after the drug reaction was inadequate over an extended period. The official cause of death has not been released. The case is now under formal scrutiny. The Kent and Medway Coroner Service is investigating, and an inquest is scheduled for October 30. That process is expected to examine the medical timeline more closely, including what treatment Bennett received after the reaction, whether there were delays or failures in follow-up care, and whether those issues contributed to her condition before she died. Until that inquest is heard, the central allegation remains the family’s: that after a severe prescribed-drug reaction, Bennett was not properly treated for five months.

3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 8

Bennett's father said the singer suffered a severe reaction to prescribed medication months before her death and was not treated appropriately for five months.
An Instagram statement said the family has no suspicions about the circumstances of her death, but blames medical professionals and NHS services for failing her during her greatest need.
No cause of death has been released for Bennett, the British singer whose 2011 feature on LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" became her first No. 1 single.
Bennett also performed with Paradiso Girls and G.R.L.; her father asked for privacy while saying her legacy lives on through her daughter, family and music.