Finding into death of Robert Stradling

62y · Male·metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Robert Stradling was a 62-year-old male prisoner who died from metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. He had significant health issues throughout his incarceration and was transferred between prison hospital and St Vincent's Hospital multiple times. In early April 2011, he was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer with cerebral and mediastinal spread confirmed on post-mortem imaging. He died on the St Augustine security ward approximately one month after diagnosis. The coronial brief addressed the circumstances of death in full, and there is no indication in this finding of any preventable factors, diagnostic errors, or systemic failures in his care.