Jacqueline Allwood
23 Oct 2013 · Coroner Andrew Harris · London (Inner South)
The coroner's concerns
1. missed diagnosis of DVT
“Attendance at the Urgent care centre with or without referral to the adjacent general practice does not apparently have, as advised by an A&E expert, an agreed protocol for management of calf pain and suspected DVT”
Responses
2013-0275-Response-by-NHS-England.pdf ↗· General Medical Council
Stated action
“The processes between the Urgent Care Centre and Cator Medical Practice need to be reviewed to ensure they facilitate the early diagnosis of a DVT and the need for a low threshold of referral to A&E.”