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Case ref:201704183
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Date:June 2018
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Body:Grampian 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
Mr C complained about the care and treatment that his wife (Mrs A) received at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. Mrs A called and was seen at the hospital over a number of weeks with symptoms, including bleeding, before she suffered a miscarriage at 20 weeks into her pregnancy. Mr C was concerned about the care she received and that alternative action could have prevented the miscarriage.
We took independent advice from a consultant obstetrician (a doctor who specialises in pregnancy, childbirth and the female reproductive system). We found that the care Mrs A received at the hospital was reasonable and that there was no treatment to prevent spontaneous miscarriage at that stage of a pregnancy. We did not uphold the complaint.