A "very talented" young student receiving cancer treatment at the Christie died from sepsis he likely contracted due to poor hand hygiene at the hospital, a coroner has concluded. Joshua Abbott-Littler, from Wigan, had been diagnosed with a rare and acute form of leukaemia on June 8 last year. The 20-year-old had been taken to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, in his hometown, after displaying "flu-like symptoms" with worsening chest pains, sore throat, tiredness and spontaneous bruising.