Fraud, missed diagnoses and a £580k gambling habit - the spiralling GP surgery that left 12,000 patients in limbo
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn Oldham GP practice has lost its contract to treat patients after years of spiralling problems including a fraudster manager who swiped £580,000 to feed her gambling habit.
On Friday, January 28 members of the borough’s clinical commissioning group (CCG), the body that runs general practice, told staff at Failsworth Group Practice it was terminating its contract - leaving 12,000 registered patients in limbo as they await a permanent switch to a new surgery.
It followed damning watchdog reports outlining major problems at the practice, including missed diagnoses which could mean more than 170 people were never diagnosed with potentially life-altering kidney disease. READ MORE:The once-lovely son who is now such a 'monster' his family fear he'll kill them all Inspectors' findings on the surgery were so bleak it was put into special measures and local councillors were left ‘shocked’ at the report.
These included a GP refusing to offer treatment to a child who had become very unwell on the premises, instead telling the youngster they needed to go to A&E, while staff were not properly recording key documentation, including 'do not resuscitate' orders.
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