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Re: Help please any advise

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:03 am
by Violet M
Calluna, thanks for that clarification on how things are in the UK. It appears to be different than in the US where of course the patient's safety is of paramount concern but the issue of physician liability is also a concern. We had a discussion of this on the old forum when a patient was denied medication due to their suicidal thoughts so I just thought I should mention the possibility.

Re: Help please any advise

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:44 am
by calluna
It is surprising sometimes how different things are, isn't it. Someone actually being denied medication that they needed, because of suicidal thoughts - that's awful. People suing doctors is not common here. There is always a way to manage things, until we found ourselves in our current situation I had no idea just how much help was available within the system - a lot more than I had thought possible.