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Condition missed in A & E

Posted By cafewk79

"Condition missed in A & E"

About: Northern General Hospital / Accident and emergency

(as a service user),

I went to A&E 2 times recently 

1st. Palpitations 

2nd. Severe headache, couldn't lift head, dizzy, broken speech 

I was discharged both times and they said I was fine and it was "just anxiety" and migraine. My ECG did show sinus tachycardia. Why didn't they check my thyroid bloods? 

A week later, a GP rings saying I have an overactive thyroid. 

Why did the hospital miss this?

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Response from Deborah Hopkinson, Patient Experience Co-ordinator, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 years ago
Deborah Hopkinson
Patient Experience Co-ordinator,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 04/07/2022 at 09:08
Published on Care Opinion at 09:08

I am very sorry to hear of your concerns. This is certainly not the experience we would wish you to have.

If you would like us to look into matters and respond to you formally, please contact our Patient AdviceLiaison Services by phoning telephone number 0114 271 2400 and leave a message for one of our staff to get back to you or by emailing sth.pals@nhs.net

Thank you for taking the time to post your experience on the care opinion site, I again apologise that your experience was not positive on this occasion and hope that you feel able to speak further about this.

Kind regards

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