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Decision Report 201507584

  • Case ref:
    201507584
  • Date:
    February 2017
  • Body:
    Lanarkshire NHS Board
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clinical treatment / diagnosis

Summary

Mr C complained that there was an avoidable delay in a diagnosis of lung cancer after he was referred to Wishaw General Hospital.

We took independent advice from a consultant in general respiratory medicine. The advice we received was that there had been no avoidable delay in making a diagnosis of cancer. Mr C's initial CT scan was abnormal but did not show the typical appearances of lung cancer. The adviser found that the doctors took appropriate steps to ensure the possibility of cancer was not missed. We found that when a further CT scan showed clearer signs of cancer, appropriate management (surgery) was undertaken. We therefore did not uphold Mr C's complaint.

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