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Case ref:201101683
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Date:June 2013
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Body:Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board - Acute Services Division
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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 had suffered from abdominal and chest pain for several years. He complained that the board were unable to find out what was causing this. Mr C was under the care of a pain specialist at a hospital and was reviewed by surgeons, chest physicans, and gastroenterologists (specialists in the treatment of conditions affecting the liver, intestine and pancreas). He also complained that the pain specialist unreasonably refused him a specialised diagnostic scan and that he was not reviewed at regular intervals.
After taking independent advice from one of our medical advisers, our investigation found that thorough and appropriate assessments and investigations, including various specialised diagnostic scans, had been carried out. We also found that Mr C was reviewed at regular intervals and given appropriate pain relief in an attempt to address his pain.