Ambulance workers were guilty of "gross failings to provide basic care" in the death of a 15-year-old schoolgirl from meningitis, a coroner has ruled.

Zara Cheesman, who died at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham in December, had shown "red flags" of the disease, and might have survived but for the "neglect" of East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), coroner Elizabeth Didcock said.

Concluding the inquest into the schoolgirl's death at Nottingham Coroner's Court on Wednesday, Ms Didcock said she was "satisfied neglect contributed to Zara's death".

Image: Zara Cheesman. Pic: Family handout /PA

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She added: "In this case, it is the total picture of the EMAS assessment that amounts to neglect."

Two technicians who assessed Zara and did not ta

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