GLASGOW’S health board has been ordered to apologise for “unreasonable” delays in diagnosing a patient with cancer.
An investigation by health watchdogs was critical about the length of time it took staff at the former Southern General and the Victoria Infirmary to diagnose a woman with follicular lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
It found that there were delays in arranging an X-Ray and blood tests and staff did not take a full medical history when the patient complained of shoulder pain and a lump in successive appointments.
When the woman was diagnosed with cancer, there were further delays in arranging a scan for back pain which turned out to be masses pressing on her spine.
The Scottish Public services Ombudsman said the board failed to provide the patient with reasonable care and treatment.
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