East London Coroner’s Court heard that on the day of her death neither Hannah or her mother were carrying an EpiPen that had been prescribed.
They had visited the Costa Coffee branch in Station Parade, Barking, owned and operated by a franchisee, to buy two soya hot chocolates before Hannah attended the dentist, which she had an appointment to visit before going to school.
After getting to the dentist, Hannah “abruptly got up and went to the toilet and shouted ‘that was not soya milk'”, her mother told the inquest.
She was rushed to a nearby chemist as her “lips and mouth were very swollen and she was itchy”, where she was given an EpiPen injection in her leg.
Attempts were made to resuscitate her and an ambulance was called, but she was declared dead by 13:00 GMT.
