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HOSPITAL bosses have pledged to learn lessons after the family of a 93-year-old was told “insensitively” that she had a tumour and could go home.
They said the woman’s five weeks at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital in 2013 witnessed a number of serious failings.
The anonymous report was made public with the family’s consent so hospital chiefs can address the issues raised.
The woman went to A&E after a fall and was admitted to the hospital due to bleeding on a bladder tumour. An operation was planned for April 12.
Her family said they were told by three nurses if they came at 7pm that day that a doctor would discuss the results.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11078953.Cancer_patient___s_family____handled_insensitively___/
They said the woman’s five weeks at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital in 2013 witnessed a number of serious failings.
The anonymous report was made public with the family’s consent so hospital chiefs can address the issues raised.
The woman went to A&E after a fall and was admitted to the hospital due to bleeding on a bladder tumour. An operation was planned for April 12.
Her family said they were told by three nurses if they came at 7pm that day that a doctor would discuss the results.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11078953.Cancer_patient___s_family____handled_insensitively___/