Mother makes plea following asthmatic daughter’s death

As a mother of six children, four diagnosed with asthma, Ms Bulpitt has seen first hand how quickly an asthma attack can become severe.

“Katy could go from being absolutely fine to a full blown attack, needing nebulisers within a twenty minute period,” she said.

“She had a consultant appointment four weeks before she passed away, she had a lung function test.

“If the consultant had told me just how much of a decline there was in Katy’s lung function, there would have been less chance of me leaving her alone, knowing how quickly her asthma would go downhill.”

On the day Katy died, she had complained of a headache at school and asked to come home.

Ms Bulpitt had collected her other children from school and was on her way home when a neighbour alerted her that Katy had become unwell and an ambulance had been called.

She said: “Luckily, Katy had the foresight to call one of the neighbours in to help.

“Sadly because of the severity of the attack and how quickly it happened, it was just too late for even the paramedics to be able to help when they arrived.”