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Decision Report 201708567

  • Case ref:
    201708567
  • Date:
    March 2019
  • Body:
    Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board - Acute Services Division
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clinical treatment / diagnosis

Summary

Mrs C complained about the medical care and treatment her late mother (Mrs A) received when she attended the emergency department at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Mrs C said that no blood or blood gases tests were carried out before Mrs A was discharged.

We took independent advice from a consultant in emergency medicine. We found that there had been no indication to carry out blood or blood gases tests when Mrs A had attended the emergency department and that the care and treatment she received had been reasonable. Therefore, we did not uphold the complaint.

Updated: March 20, 2019