She thought she was seeing a GP - she wasn't - they told her it was anxiety - then she collapsed

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The bereaved parents of a Salford woman have said they do not want another family to “go through this hell” as they backed a legal campaign calling for more clarity about the use of medical associates.

Marion and Brendan Chesterton said they want “clear and robust” guidelines set out for what physician associates (PA) and anaesthesia associates (AA) “can and cannot do”.

They are also calling for clarity about the supervision given to associates. It follows the death of their daughter Emily, who suffered a pulmonary embolism in 2022 at the age of 30 after being misdiagnosed by a PA. READ MORE: Man, 45, dies after being struck by car as he was 'laying in the road' with woman arrested Emily visited her GP practice twice complaining of calf pain and shortness of breath.

She was under the impression she had seen a GP, but had actually seen a PA who misdiagnosed her with long covid and anxiety - for which she was wrongly prescribed medication to slow her heart.