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Date of inquest Date inquest concluded Name of deceased Conclusion
08/12/2025 08/12/2025 HULL, Callum Lee Drug related death
08/12/2025 08/12/2025 TATTERSALL, Ralston Ralston TATTERSALL died on the 4th September 2025 at MHA Heather Grange - Residential and Dementia Care Home, after aspirating on food material which became lodged in his airway whilst he was eating. Mr TATTERSALL also suffered with dysphagia which was due to his Parkinson's Disease which, in turn, resulted in aspiration. Mr TATTERSALL's pre-existing coronary artery atheromatous disease and aortic valve disease also contributed to his death  
09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BOLTON, Sheilagh Suicide
09/12/2025 09/12/2025 COXHEAD, Andrew Suicide
09/12/2025 09/12/2025 HESELTINE, Kerry - Ann Suicide
09/12/2025 09/12/2025 MULHOLLAND, Margaret Margaret MULHOLLAND died on the 13th November 2025 at Royal Preston Hospital, having asphyxiated as a result of food material which became lodged in her airway whilst she was eating. Mrs MULHOLLAND'S pre-existing medical conditions, which included a previous ischaemic stroke and dementia, also contributed to her death 
10/12/2025 10/12/2025 METCALF, John Accident
10/12/2025 10/12/2025 OLDFIELD, Michael John Industrial disease
10/12/2025 10/12/2025 STRETCH, John William John William STRETCH died on the 17th February 2025 as a result of a spontaneous rectus sheath haematoma in Preston Hospital. Mr STRETCH was admitted in January 2025 with sepsis caused by a diabetic foot infection. There was a missed opportunity to recognise and treat the foot infection before it became a life threatening emergency requiring emergency debridement and amputation of four toes on the 11th January 2025, which likely contributed to Mr STRETCH'S ongoing frailty and subsequent death. Mr STRETCH developed a spontaneous rectus sheath haematoma on the 16th February 2025. An angioplasty was performed on the 17th February 2025 in the knowledge the rectus sheath haematoma was not actively bleeding or requiring intervention at that time. Mr STRETCH deteriorated shortly after the angioplasty with a catastrophic bleed at the same site as the rectus sheath haematoma which had developed the previous day
10/12/2025 10/12/2025 WILLIAMS, Michael John Joseph Drug related