Overview

• The South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust formally apologised in July 2025 for discharging Luke Oldfield prematurely after he collapsed with heatstroke following the Great North Run.
• Dr Shaz Wahid, the trust’s executive medical director, acknowledged that Oldfield should have been monitored longer and extended a wholehearted apology for the oversight.
• The trust has introduced mandatory heatstroke and emergency monitoring training for A&E staff to prevent similar lapses in patient care.
• Oldfield continues to live with permanent speech and vision impairments resulting from multi-organ failure and severe brain injury.
• Legal representatives at Irwin Mitchell are pursuing a medical negligence claim aimed at securing lifelong specialist rehabilitation and support for Oldfield.