GP registrar catches DHB’s missed cancer diagnosis

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GP registrar catches DHB’s missed cancer diagnosis

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Christchurch Hospital where the patient’s initial ultrasound showing likely kidney cancer was taken, but not immediately followed up [Image: Supplied]

Fiona Cassie reports on an HDC case where a former DHB missed opportunities to diagnose a man’s cancer, and a GP registrar comes up trumps

It was a GP registrar who saw the man had been due for his annual ultrasound but there were no results on the medical centre’s system A vigilant