A CORONER has criticised a Notts hospital after a woman died when she was given three doses of morphine.

Louise McKenzie, 28, was taken to Kings Mill hospital suffering from severe headaches in August 2007.

Medical experts today told the inquest at Nottingham Coroner's Court that the doses she was given were within normal levels but she should have been monitored more closely.

Notts Coroner Dr Nigel Chapman said the issue of monitoring patients after morphine was given at King's Mill needed to be addressed.

Nadeem Nayeem, clinical director of an emergency department in London, told the court that the mother-of-four should have had "regular and consistent monitoring".

Mrs McKenzie was taken for a CT scan and Mr Mayeen said he would have expected someone to be in the scanning room with her apart from when the radiation was on.

Yesterday, the inquest heard staff had failed to go straight back into the room once the scan, which takes about a minute, had finished.

Notts Coroner Dr Nigel Chapman delivered a narrative verdict describing the events which led up to her death.

But he said a lack of protocols surrounding the administration of morphine and monitoring patients afterwards needed to be addressed and he would be writing to the hospital with his concerns.

Speaking after the verdict Louise's husband Mark said: "I am very happy with the verdict and very relieved it is all over.

Louise was the most loving, caring person with four young children who did not deserve to be treated the way she was."

His lawyer, Paul Balen, said the family would be making a claim against the hospital.