Overview

• Coroner Elizabeth Gray confirmed food-induced anaphylaxis as the cause of death and outlined how the five-year-old vomited twice before collapsing at Barnack Primary School
• Helen Blythe told the inquest she provided the school with a detailed allergy management plan and that vomiting was always her son’s first warning sign
• Consultant paediatrician Dr Emilia Wawrzkowicz rejected an original post-mortem finding of asthma, insisting anaphylaxis was clearly responsible
• Teaching assistant Sophie Brown said she assumed the boy’s first vomiting episode was a stomach bug, highlighting a critical lapse in early reaction assessment
• The inquest will resume later this week with testimony from Department for Education and Pladis officials as jurors examine protocol adherence