simon chilcott has experience of the trust's apparent lack of transparency.he had a seizure and ended up in hospital. he underwent a tracheostomy, a hole inserted in the front of his neck. the coroner found this led to a catastrophic haemorrhage requiring emergency heart surgery. about half 11 i got a phone call saying... it was a really long phone call and ijust knew the direction of that phone call and then, yeah, the fellow finally said it. "i'm really sorry, but lewis passed away on the operating table." so then, immediately, you know, our lives are shattered. while he believes some staff lied to him, simon chilcott is indebted to others. but he believes the trust tried to cover up potential errors. he was the one who first referred the case to the coroner. the trust failed to contact his family for ten weeks after lewis's death, although they later apologised. surgical staff were banned from speaking to him. the trust says this was a single mistake. and the serious incident report into lewis�* death had six drafts, partially due to significant errors and