A consultant whose negligence contributed to the death of a mother-of-three has been suspended for a month.

A medical practitioners tribunal last week heard Dr Kamran Khan, the first of three doctors involved in the care of 25-year-old Sian Hollands to face the body, had fallen way short of the standards expected.

Miss Hollands, a recovering heroin addict of Priory Hill, Dartford, died of a pulmonary embolism at Darent Valley Hospital shortly before 10pm on Sunday, November 15, 2015, after going into cardiac arrest.

An inquest last March heard A&E consultants failed to identify signs of the blood clot, despite ambulance paramedics having noted chest pains, abdominal pains, and shortness of breath, all of which were present throughout her time in hospital.

Dr Khan admitted Miss Hollands, who had been taking methadone, was "labelled" as an addict, with potential causes of her condition not properly considered as it was assumed she was just in withdrawal.

Dr Khan, who still works at the hospital, discharged her at 3.30pm but due to her condition never actually left the hospital and was left unobserved in a chair in the corner of a short stay unit for several hours before eventually going in to cardiac arrest at 8pm.

Coroner Roger Hatch ruled she would probably had survived if it hadn't been for the failings.

Emma Gilsenan, on behalf of the General Medical Council, said: "Dr Khan’s clinical failings, although related to one patient, amounted to multiple acts and omissions that led to a particularly grave outcome for Miss Hollands.

She added had he listened to his colleagues and woken her up to assess her then it is likely that Patient A would have been successfully treated.

Dr Khan admitted nine of the 16 allegations which related to his failure to carry out crucial checks at three points throughout her stay in hospital. The remaining seven were proved.

These included failing to wake her up to carry out a thorough check up before discharge and incorrectly recording her observations as normal.

Following the week-long hearing the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled Dr Khan should be suspended for a month.

Chairman Graham White concluded there were no patient safety issues in Dr Khan’s case and he has been practising unrestricted without further incident.

However a suspension was necessary to ensure public confidence in the medical profession.

Earlier this year it was confirmed the two other doctors involved in her care, Leila Mohamed and Peter Varasteanu, who was tasked with checking on her in the short stay unit but did not do so for two hours, are also being investigated by the GMC.

Both no longer work for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

Miss Holland's sister, Ebony, said: "We as a family will forever be devastated and a huge void will remain in our hearts with the loss of Sian. All we ever wanted was the truth and it was hidden by Darent Valley and Dr Khan at every opportunity.

"All we ever wanted was the truth, Sian didn’t deserve the disgusting treatment and labelling that cost her her life. We will carry on fighting to get the justice for Sian and to save any other family going through this."