There are no excuses for negligent, ignorant or abusive treatment.
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All doctors can easily find out information about even rare illnesses. If a doctor fails to diagnose a serious illness, such as GCA (which is a medical emergency), and the patient's health is permanently damaged, the patient has a right to complain, to received an explanation or apology or sue for financial compensation.
I make absolutely no apology for insisting that doctors provide adequate care to their patients and not leave them, as I was, in pain - and considerable justified anxiety - for 5 months with insufficient medication to prevent damage to blood vessels.
There is no excuse.
I know the NHS is in financial difficulty but the Ombudsman who deals with NHS complaints has been declared 'unfir for purpose'.
There are many oprganisations which support patients to claim their rights to responsible medical attention, such as Healthwatch, the Patients Association, Pohwer (which is a £9 charity which exists exclusively to help patients to complain about bad NHS treatment).
The consequences of a failure to diagnose and properly treat GCA are long term very serious disability and it angers me immensely that it is being brushed under the carpet as though it is something that might only cause loss of eyesight.
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On here, you are preaching to the converted. Step up and do some real work for PMR and GCA by raising awareness where it is needed, not where it is already a given.
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