Son passed off as viral
On 2 occasions my at the time 7 month old boy was taken to the doctors on 3 occasions with trouble breathing wheezing and a cough to be told 3 times its viral and will clear itself, on the saturday we were taken to james paget and told he had a chest infection and bronchitis and that they could not believe we had been sent away 3 times previous, the doctor was so concerned he was going to keep my little boy in overnight for observations but gave us a chance to take him home and start the steriods and anti-biotics, but left a bed available for that night if we had concerns. Then the second time, my son is now 2, we took him back for a continuous chesty cough not eating or drinking and very sleepy and constant temp of 38+ told again it was viral and his body will fight it - any concerns go back, ended up down james paget later that evening 10:30pm to be told he has bacterial tonsillitis. The doctor at the surgery didn't even check his throat. Another course of anti-biotics and a missed chance to actually correctly diagnose my son again. While I appreciate its busy, and times are hard, but to incorrectly diagnose on 2 occasion is not acceptable.