deteriorating

But she said her deteriorating condition was not identified, and was only able to see her son Reggie for 10 minutes before going into a coma.

Mr Carrido told the inquest he called for consultant help "when there was no improvement in Tommy, when he was deteriorating".

The family hopes Jess's Rule will help to increase awareness of the importance of GPs acting quickly for patients who are steadily deteriorating.

Paul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the latest figures, "highlight the deteriorating nature of the public finances even though the economy hasn't been terribly weak".

Eritrea dismissed his comments as "reckless sabre-rattling", amid fears that relations between the two nations - who fought a border war that killed tens of thousand of people in the late 1990s - were once again deteriorating.