Case study: Iatrogenic stroke
...Mr A questions why a blood-thinning drug was prescribed to a patient clearly at risk of stroke...
Medical case study: Patient buying medication online
...Dr A is advised that she should not let Mr G coerce her into prescribing medication that she does not believe is appropriate or serves his needs...
Medical case study: Post-op tooth pain
...In response to the complaint Dr A states that dental damage is a known complication of anaesthesia and this is explained to all patients...
Case study: Inappropriate DNACPR request
...Mr J asks his GP for a DNACPR order despite having no underlying condition that suggests he is near the end of his life...
Case study: Persistent swelling
...the patient says the pain in his testicle returned after the antibiotic course and he now worries it may be cancer...
Medical case study: Vaccine error
...Dr M administers the vaccine but later realises he has given the patient the wrong one...
Medical case study: Friendly care
...the GMC writes to Ms S informing her that concerns have been raised over her fitness to practise in connection with prescriptions supplied to a friend...
Medical case study: Back pain
...The letter claims that had Mr U been referred to hospital he would have undergone an MRI scan which would have identified a paracentral disc protrusion compressing the cauda equina...
Medical case study: Friendly care
...the GMC writes to Ms S informing her that concerns have been raised over her fitness to practise in connection with prescriptions supplied to a friend...
Medical case study: Post-op tooth pain
...Mr K submits a letter of complaint asking if his tooth was knocked when he was being administered the general anaesthetic for his surgery...