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Case ref:201001292
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Date:October 2011
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Body:Tayside NHS Board
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Sector:Health
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Outcome:Not upheld, no recommendations
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Subject:clinical treatment; diagnosis
Summary
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.