Paul Richard Smith, a retired roofing contractor from Park Lane, Norwich, died on January 23 aged 89 after slipping over on Christmas Day.

He had suffered a subdural haematoma as a result of the head injury.

A bleed on his brain was discovered when he was re-admitted six days later (Image: Supplied)

An investigation at Norfolk Coroner's Court heard widower Mr Smith fell backwards from a standing position onto a tiled floor.

He sustained a three-centimetre wound to the back of his head which bled heavily as he was taking aspirin.

In a statement read before area coroner Yvonne Blake, family members said they believed imaging should have been carried out when he attended the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital’s emergency department on........

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