AN inquest into the death of a North Yorkshire woman found she died from natural causes.

Gloria Clayson died in York Hospital in February 2016, following a series of admissions to treat a dislocated shoulder, but coroner Rob Turnbull said this had not been a factor in her death.

The inquest, at New Earswick Friend’s Meeting House last week, heard Mrs Clayson had suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years, and had been living in a care home prior to her death.

She had been admitted to York Hospital in December 2015 for treatment of a dislocated shoulder, and underwent manipulation followed by an operation in an attempt to rectify the problem.

The inquest heard Mrs Clayson, who was 67-years-old, had contracted minor infections to the wound on her shoulder, but Dr Daniel Scott , who carried out the post mortem, said he did not consider this to be a relevant factor in her death.

He said Mrs Clayson had suffered two significant medical events in quick succession, firstly the “complex dislocation of the shoulder and infection of the joint after the operation”, followed by gastric aspiration - the entry of food or drink into the respiratory tract.This, he said, led to Mrs Clayson developing pneumonia, and she was subjected to a deprivation of liberty safeguarding order which kept her in hospital throughout February and unable to consent to treatment.

The coroner said he accepted Dr Scott’s report which stated Mrs Clayson’s cause of death was aspiration pneumonia, due to multiple sclerosis and diabetes.

The inquest also heard a review has been set up of Mrs Clayson’s care at her nursing home.

Mr Turnbull said: “She remained in hospital and while there developed pneumonia which eventually was the cause of death in this case. Multiple sclerosis is thought to have contributed to that, and cause of the aspiration pneumonia. Other conditions include diabetes. “Problems and issues with the nursing home which are not for me, but from my point of view Mrs Clayson died from natural causes, there is nothing to suggest traumatic injury contributed to her death.”