Overview

• Delilah-Rai Reid-Floyd, 19 months, died in early August after clinicians determined a fast-growing facial mass was soft tissue cancer.
• The mother says an initial safeguarding route focused on suspected non-accidental injury, followed by a missed ENT referral and long waits for specialist care.
• Diagnostic impressions shifted from a paranasal cystic lesion to desmoid fibromatosis before malignancy was identified days before planned surgery.
• Extensive reconstructive surgery had been planned to address bone erosion but was cancelled on August 5 when chemotherapy was proposed instead.
• Birmingham Women’s and Children’s and The Dudley Group NHS trusts offered condolences and said internal reviews are under way, while the family has started legal action and a GoFundMe.