A specialist is to decide what long-term care a Bradford mum will need after she suffered from a tragic hospital mistake.

The family of Teresa Innes is awaiting a report before deciding what action to take.

Teresa suffered a reaction when she was put on a drip containing penicillin to treat a leg abscess at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

The 36-year-old, who warned staff of her allergy to penicillin and was wearing an allergy bracelet, went into anaphylactic shock, which stopped her heart.

She is now in a vegetative state at BRI, where she has been since the incident last September.

Now her family and friends are awaiting a report, commissioned by a solicitor acting on behalf of Teresa, of Evans Towers, Bradford, to determine how the family should proceed with her case against Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust.

Neighbour Marlene Greaves, who is registered as her next of kin, said a specialist, hired by the family's solicitor, visited Teresa before Christmas.

"He carried out a variety of tests to establish what long term care she will need," she said. "We are waiting to see his report which is due this month."

Mrs Greaves said Teresa's condition remained unchanged and Christmas had been a particularly hard time for the family. "She is now doing quite a lot of facial expressions, but it is as if she is crying and I think she is tormented," said Mrs Greaves.

"And I still feel guilty about her being there in the first place. Physically she is all right, although she is being fed through a tube and still has the tracheotomy, but mentally she is not.

"I do not believe she is ever going to come round and it is so hard to cope with. We did not really have a Christmas. I could not even put up any trimmings at home and didn't send any Christmas cards. I could not cope with it because normally Teresa would have been there."

The family's solicitor was unavailable for comment.