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Scots thyroid cancer patient faced 'unreasonable' four month delay in diagnosis after biopsy failure
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots health board has been ordered to apologise after a patient was forced to wait more than four months for a thyroid cancer diagnosis.
A complaint was lodged against NHS Dumfries and Galloway by the parent of the anonymous person, who later had to undergo surgery.
The lump in their neck was discovered after they had an emergency admission to the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with acute tonsillitis.
But medics failed to carry out a needle biopsy of the suspicious mass - instead cutting it out around four months later.The hospital was also found to have failed to tell the patient about nodules that were discovered in their lung.The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman has found that there was an “unreasonable delay” in diagnosis and ordered a formal apology by the NHS board.In a ruling, where the patient is referred to as A, the SPSO said: “A had an emergency admission to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with acute tonsillitis and a lump was found on their neck.“This lump was subsequently excised four months later, and cancer was diagnosed the following month.“C complained that no prior indication had been given that cancer was suspected, and that the delay in diagnosing this led to unnecessary operations.“They also complained about a subsequent delay in informing them about identified nodules on A's lung that were being monitored.“The board told us that they recognised that an earlier biopsy could have led directly to definitive surgery, without the need for further investigations or procedures and ultimately to a quicker resolution for A.“They confirmed that they developed a new neck lump clinic as a result of this complaint.
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