The mother of a patient who died of a blood clot in hospital after consultants failed to spot symptoms has hit out after hearing how a young girl passed away two days after being discharged from the same place.

An inquest held last week was told how the four-year-old died of sepsis just 48 hours after she was allowed home from A&E in April.

The hospital has since accepted the condition could have been considered earlier and changes have been made.

But Nicola Smith, mother of Sian Hollands who died of an undiagnosed blood clot at the hospital in 2015, says someone needs to be held responsible.

The 48-year-old said: “I have fought for the last three years to get answers about my daughter’s death.

“Three years on and I’m trying to get them to change things - my daughter should still be here.”

Miss Smith wants the hospital to take responsibility for what happened.

She added: “I didn’t expect my daughter to go into that hospital and not come out.”

Miss Hollands, 25, died of a pulmonary embolism after consultants failed to identify signs of the clot.

In March last year, coroner Roger Hatch said the mother-of-three probably would have survived had she received proper treatment.

The four-year-old girl from Sutton-at-Hone died at Evelina Children’s Hospital in London on April 12.

Her inquest was held on Wednesday last week at Archbishop’s Palace in Maidstone.

Coroner Mr Hatch concluded she died of sepsis brought on by pneumonia.

But he felt her death could possibly have been prevented if she had been kept in hospital when she was first taken to A&E by her parents.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust spokesman, Glyn Oakley, said: “We have implemented a number of changes including new processes for earlier identification of sepsis and additional training for staff involved in the care of children within the trust.”