A patient was prescribed diazepam after he complained to his GP about feeling unwell. We asked the surgery to apologise after he was later found to have suffered five strokes in the space of a week.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
GP
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Upheld
Reference NIPSO-202002854
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 06 September 2024
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