Inverurie Medical Group 2014-06-30 Person 1 5 0

A relative was misdiagnosed by several doctors at the practice, despite physical signs that he was failing and they were very poor at discussing his treatment plan / options with him or his next of kin. After badgering they eventually admitted him to the local hospital for tests to establish the cause of his mystery illness and there they discovered that he had not had a PSA test for prostate cancer, despite being at the age where this should have been a routine line of investigation. Due to the medical staff's inattention to this, once diagnosed the cancer was too advanced to be treatable and he subsequently died in considerable discomfort. We were appalled that this outcome arose from the poor judgement of the doctors when there are national campaigns to highlight the importance of recognising the condition and seeking a cure. We were outraged that a simple routine blood test which should have been done ( and we assumed wrongly had been carried out ) was ignored. We expected that the need to educate doctors to be aware of a major killer of male patients at a particular age was not required, but sadly our experience from Inverurie Medical Group proves that their diagnostic skills are below a reasonable standard.