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Written by a patient
11th May 2017


Dr Benson was incredibly practical, kind and thorough when dealing with a skin problem I had. An incompetent emergency doctor at another practise prescribed the wrong (too low) dosage of steroids which meant it was ineffective in treating the skin allergy that it was meant to treat. Another doctor then did not spot the incorrect dosage and prescribed an alternative treatment that didn't work either. It was Doctor Benson who went right back to the beginning, realised the initial dosage error and once she prescribed the correct dosage of steroids it cleared the allergy. Until that point I was in daily discomfort and I thought I had some auto immune disease. She was also incredibly sympathetic to the issues that initially triggered the allergy. I had a good cry in her room and she explored the possibility of lifestyle issues causing the allergy. She was right. I now have a better work life balance and no further occurrances of the allergy. She was brilliant and I am so grateful that she was so thorough in trying to work out why the allergy wasn't clearing. If she hadn't worked out the initial dosage error, I don’t know how much longer I would have gone from one treatment to the next, without any relief.

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