A coroner has said there was a lost opportunity in the care of a patient at East Surrey Hospital that “materially contributed” to his death.

32-year-old, Tom Parsons, from East Grinstead, died in July 2024 from complications caused by blood clots, having been admitted to hospital a few weeks earlier suffering psychosis.

An inquest at Surrey Coroner’s Court heard that for 14 days he was not given his prescribed blood-thinning injections because of safety fears about administering them.

Coroner Dr Karen Henderson said on Tuesday that while there were multiple factors that contributed to his condition, including Covid and his BMI, the failure to administer the drugs was a factor in his death.