Worthing nurse recalls final moments with Storrington man before hospital death

By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Feb 2017, 15:03 BST
Updated 3rd Feb 2017, 15:08 BST
Nicholas Weston with mother and sisterNicholas Weston with mother and sister
Nicholas Weston with mother and sister
A nurse from Worthing Hospital has spoken about his attempts to help a patient moments before he died.

The inquest into the death of Nicholas Weston, from Storrington, opened on Wednesday and heard that he ‘fell from the roof’ of Worthing Hospital in January last year.

The 23-year-old voluntarily admitted himself to hospital on January 17, 2016, after ‘having suicidal thoughts’, the inquest heard.

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An emergency nurse who was on shift on January 18, the day Mr Weston died, has given evidence today (Friday) about the last time he saw the patient.

Nigel Pembrook-Statton told the jury at the inquest at Edes House, Chichester, how he entered the clinical decision unit at 2pm to take the vitals of the inpatients.

Mr Pembrook-Statton said Mr Weston had been ‘calm’ and ‘normal’ when he had taken his observations.

He said: “I was in the process of keying my observations into the system just after 4pm when Nicholas sat up in the bed and was staring at the ceiling.