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Decision Report 201204338

  • Case ref:
    201204338
  • Date:
    September 2013
  • Body:
    A Medical Practice in the Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board area
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clinical treatment / diagnosis

Summary

Mrs C complained that her GP had failed to diagnose her heart condition, and that as a result she had suffered a heart attack and had needed hospital treatment.

Our investigation found that Mrs C had gone to her GP with symptoms of postural hypertension (changes in blood pressure, caused by changes in position, such as moving from sitting to standing). After taking independent advice from one of our medical advisers, we did not uphold the complaint, as we found the treatment she received was appropriate for this condition. There was no evidence that the GP had failed to identify symptoms of an imminent heart attack.

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