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Case ref:201801382
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Date:November 2018
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Body:Ayrshire and Arran 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 she was unreasonably refused treatment in A&E at University Hospital Ayr. She said that staff referred her back to her GP as she was already receiving treatment for the same medical condition.
We took independent advice from an experienced practitioner in emergency medicine. We found that Miss C was appropriately assessed in A&E and did not have a life threatening illness or injury that required hospital admission or referral to another hospital specialist. We found that the appropriate route for Miss C was to report her health problems to her GP. We did not uphold Miss C's complaint.