Simple neurological and other routine checks could have alerted doctors that 15 year old Amie Miller had swelling on the brain.  She died within days of being admitted to hospital as her condition wasn’t fully diagnosed or treated.  It seems the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) proposals to carry out more frequent and thorough brain scans of suspected injury and illness can’t come into force quickly enough.

Read the source article here:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424512/Essex-girl-15-died-doctors-didnt-detect-brain-damage-failing-carry-simple-checks.html

Read more about the proposed changes from NICE here:-

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