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Decision Report 201900598

  • Case ref:
    201900598
  • Date:
    July 2020
  • Body:
    Lanarkshire NHS Board
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clinical treatment / diagnosis

Summary

C complained about the ophthalmology (eye) care and treatment provided by the board when they had surgery for cataracts (when the lens, a small transparent disc inside the eye, develops cloudy patches). There had been a complication during the procedure which meant that C had to undergo further surgery at a later date. C was concerned that the procedure was not carried out appropriately and that the follow-up was not reasonable.

We took independent advice from an ophthalmologist. We found that all aspects of care, from the decision to carry out cataract surgery and do this under local anaesthetic, to the management and follow-up of the complication, was appropriate. We therefore did not uphold C's complaint.

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