SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld

Scottish Ambulance Service

202000080 · Health › clinical treatment / diagnosis · Decision date: 01 October 2020
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Summary

C complained about the care and treatment provided to them by Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) when they called for an ambulance after they had bleeding following the removal of a lesion earlier that day.

We took independent advice from an appropriately qualified adviser. We found that the care and treatment provided to C by SAS was of a reasonable standard. C was given appropriate advice from the call handler, the ambulance was dispatched and arrived with C in a timely manner. We also found that the ambulance crew's assessment of C's wound was reasonable. Therefore, we did not uphold C's complaint.

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