Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after misdiagnosis and death of woman

Pauline Marking, suffering severe stomach issues, diagnosed in hospital with nosebleed and sent home by PAA coroner has warned about the role of physician associates in NHS hospitals after a woman with severe abdominal problems was wrongly diagnosed as having a nosebleed and died four days later.The family of Pauline Marking, 77, were under the mistaken impression she had been seen by a doctor when she was examined in an emergency department, rather than a physician associate (PA) with far less training. Continue reading...