GP failings led to significant damages payment

The General Medical Council has offered the GP advice, but it decided against any further action

I'm Nick Meir with news that the family of a woman who lost her sight after failings by her GP, which they claim led to her death, have received a damages payment. Joan Foulis, who was 82, from Broadstairs, in Kent, died after a fall in her care home in 2020. Her family claim the death could have been prevented had she received appropriate treatment.  In May 2017, Joan Foulis went to her doctor with blurred vision but was diagnosed with an eye infection. Within days she said she had no vision in both eyes. It was not until a week later that she was sent to a specialist. The General Medical Council (GMC) has offered the GP advice, but it decided against any further action. The family has now received £235,000 in damages.  For more care news stay with us here at Care Radio. 
 

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