'Family accounts starkly illustrate how failings by an individual practitioner, and by the system, led to deep human impacts and resulting harm'
A watchdog report into the treatment of a number of people cared for by Consultant Neurologist Michael Watt has found “significant failures”.
Among the conditions being treated were stroke, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis . The Independent Neurology Inquiry concluded that the combined effect of the failures ensured that patterns in the consultant’s work were missed for a decade. The expert panel excluded one patient from this group as there was no evidence in their records that they had ever been under Dr Watt’s care, bringing the total number of cases reviewed to 44.*A lack of empathy and often a failure to consider patients’ needs holistically;
*In several instances, the review team believed patients had been denied holistic, supportive care that may have made their condition, and ultimately end of life care, easier to manage;*The review team concluded that more than half of cases were graded "poor care" or "very poor care" in terms of initial management of the patient, and that clinical decision making was "poor" or "very...
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