Good old Kate. Dignified, but strong in her message... as ever. I just can't believe she's still found herself having to engage in this same, tiring debate as recently as last year. It's called a court 'ruling' for a reason. Not sure that's sunk in.
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With my 2012 GP, he did immediately verbally apologise; though he explicitly stated that he was scared of being sued. No idea why, as I didn't threaten to sue for delayed DVT diagnosis; I asked to work with him to walk again, for access to NHS care re: anticoagulation oversight.
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Weirdly, things got worse. He'd left me without access to NHS care for 5 1/2 weeks pre-diagnosis. But then went on to - unknown to me; decline me access to NHS Haematologist oversight whilst on anticoagulation + decline a Factor V Leiden test that I needed, wanted, had asked for.
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Oh...why? He seemed to be getting it right when I read your first tweet, despite his obvious fear. Why then block your treatment options? I just don't understand. No learning. No safety. This is only a crude framing for discussion but something must changehttps://twitter.com/c7rky/status/937068760502079488 …
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Presumably because of his irrational fear of being sued? My DVT was photodocumented-symptomatic for a couple of weeks pre-diagnosis. I'd asked at that time about ? DVT; as I had parental history of iliac DVT. But no idea that a DVT could be related to the shortness of breath etc.
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So just frightened they'd missed a diagnosis & might be sued? *sigh* We've got to create an atmosphere where without fear, clinicians feel compelled to be honest about mistakes and to react to them. To rectify them where possible. Minimise damage & anguish where not. Learn always
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The irony is, was that I asked to be treated like an NHS-diagnosed patient (he'd refused me d-Dimer or NHS investigations. So Bupa found DVT). Needed: access to help walking/mobility (walking boot, wheel chair etc; so less housebound) +NHS haematologists to diagnose mass earlier.
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We all get our own little areas of mini-expertise through experience on this journey, but I'm afraid this isn't mine. I get that you didn't have access to the help that you needed though, despite identifying the problems privately.
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