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Breathlessness
...The receptionist phones Mr P to let him know that the prescription will be sent to his local chemist for collection. That next morning a neighbour checks on Mr P and finds him dead...
Fit to work
...The GP expressed his reluctance to "tick the box" advising that Mr B is not fit for work, given the patient’s other activities...
Failure to communicate
...The patient claims that her symptoms clearly indicated an acute neurological deficit and she felt that Dr G was hinting that she was somehow “faking it”...
An angry ending
...Mr B apologises for losing his temper but Dr T is not satisfied and decides to remove him from the practice patient list...
Patient abroad
...The patient was on holiday in Spain when she phoned her GP asking about a rash on her leg...
Gut pain
...The patient expressed worry that he might have gallstones but Dr K diagnosed dyspepsia without an examination to determine the nature of the epigastric pain...
Rapid decline
... A form was drawn up mistakenly stopping all bumetanide scripts...
Problem pregnancy
...An ultrasound would have revealed an empty uterus and a suboptimal rise in serum beta HCG levels, leading to a diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy...
Hockey twist
...The surgeon expresses “surprise” that the diagnosis was missed in A&E and that there was no onward referral to an on-call orthopaedic specialist...
Incisional hernia
...seeing omental tissue evident one week after surgery would be consistent with observations (by the surgeon) of a “large area of deep breakdown” within the wound...