A report in 2020 found 18-year-old Oliver McGowan’s death four years earlier was “potentially avoidable”. He died at Southmead Hospital in Bristol in November 2016, after being given the ...

Oliver’s parents Paula and Tom McGowan have been campaigning for better awareness of autism and learning difficulties among general NHS staff, and ministers have now backed their calls ...

The Oliver McGowan training is important because it can improve the quality of care and save people’s lives. The death of Oliver McGowan shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to ...

Oliver McGowan died at Southmead Hospital in Bristol in November 2016 after being given anti-psychotic medication. The 18-year-old was being treated for a seizure when he was prescribed Olanzapine ...

Oliver McGowan, 18, from Bristol, was being treated for a seizure at the city's Southmead Hospital in 2016 when he was given olanzapine to sedate him.

Oliver's parents, Paula and Tom McGowan, have been instrumental in advocating for better training to enhance the understanding of the requirements of people with learning disabilities or autism.

Tom McGowan, Oliver’s dad, said: “My family are disgusted the CCG has in our opinion, deliberately avoided to answer the crucial question ‘was Oliver’s death potentially avoidable’. ...

NHS review concluded Oliver’s death was avoidable but this was then subject of an alleged cover-up. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

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The death of a teenager who was prescribed medication against his and his parents' wishes is being investigated by police. Oliver McGowan, 18, from Bristol, was being treated for a seizure at the ...

Oliver McGowan, 18, suffered a serious brain injury after being given Olanzapine - an anti-psychosis drug. Wednesday 1 July 2020 18:04, UK. Image: Oliver McGowan, 18, died in November 2016.

The parents of a teenager who died after being prescribed an anti-psychotic drug say his death was caused by "ignorance and arrogance" of medics. A new independent review found Oliver McGowan's ...