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Tayside NHS Board

SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld Reference 201001292 Sector Health Category clinical treatment; diagnosis Decided 01 October 2011

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Clinical negligence harms learning

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Miss C complained that the board had deliberately, and inaccurately, diagnosed her with cancer and were pretending to give her medicine (so-called placebo injections and pills). Her medical records showed much evidence of testing and decision-making by a number of different healthcare professionals in order to reach a diagnosis of cancer. Likewise, the records indicated that actual medication was being administered. There was no evidence to support Miss C's views and we, therefore, did not uphold the complaint.

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