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Decision report 201104097

  • Case ref:
    201104097
  • Date:
    April 2012
  • Body:
    NHS 24
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    Admission, discharge and transfer procedures

Summary
Ms C complained that NHS 24 refused to send an emergency ambulance to take her to hospital but instead referred her to the local out-of-hours service. She said that this was despite her step-daughter and her requesting an emergency ambulance.

Having obtained the recordings of the telephone calls during our investigation, however, it was clear that Ms C and her step-daughter did not request an ambulance nor did they raise objections to being advised to visit the local health centre.

We did not uphold this complaint.
 

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