Dying patient should have been seen in person
“NHS officials ruled a man who died after his ear infection was not picked up in GP telephone consultations should have been seen face to face, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found.
David Nash, 26, had four remote consultations over three weeks during Covid restrictions but was never offered an in-person appointment.”
Sadly, it is expected that there are many similar cases out there to this of David’s. Too many situations have arisen where remote consultations have taken place rather than in person appointments, leading to a number of different errors.
Read more on the following link.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63057872.amp
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