Russell West, who was on remand for drugs offences, died in 2018 - the prison has now been told to follow new recommendations
A man on remand at Forest Bank prison in Salford died aged 50 from septicaemia. Russell West - who had been in prison before and was said to have had a history of using illegal drugs behind bars - had his spleen removed in 2003.
The body's spleen fights infections, with anyone having a splenectomy open to an increased risk of severe infection for life. Healthcare staff also didn't obtain his GP medical records, and therefore 'failed to establish his ongoing clinical care needs', said ombudsman Sue McAllister in her report. On the morning of July 4, he complained of felling unwell and was moved to the prison's healthcare unit. But nurses went on to assess he had a 'moderate to high risk of developing sepsis' and he was taken to hospital. The report says he had a cardiac arrest on July 6 in hospital and died two days later without regaining consciousness.
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