Libby Rose: MP Mark Pritchard backs Telford mum's call for an inquest into 16-year-old's death
The fight for an inquest into the death of Telford teenager Libby Rose has been taken up by Mark Pritchard MP.
The Conservative MP for The Wrekin met with Libby’s mum Rosemary Westwood-Rose to hear all about the tragic circumstances surrounding the 16-year-old’s death and said he would be pushing the coroner to open an inquest.
Libby died on August 26, 2017, at her home in Admaston after a battle with the eating disorder bulimia. A post-mortem concluded that Libby died from hypokalaemia, or low potassium levels that led to a cardiac arrest.
Because the causes were deemed to be natural, no inquest was held.
Rosemary has been calling on the coroner to conduct for “full and fierce” inquest and wants a court to consider whether anything could have been done to prevent her death, and whether care for people with eating disorders needs to improve.
