{"id":1431,"date":"2010-01-15T15:05:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T14:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2010-01-15T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T14:05:20","slug":"man-dies-after-pill-mix-up-by-his-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/01\/15\/man-dies-after-pill-mix-up-by-his-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Dies After Pill Mix-Up by His Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1437\" title=\"prescription-errors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/prescription-errors-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>A man died in Derbyshire after he was prescribed a drug which he was known to be allergic to, an inquest heard yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC, Mr Dennis Aucote, 57, died in March 2008 after suffering an allergic reaction to the drug ibuprofen. Mr Aucote\u2019s <strong>doctor\u2019s surgery apparently mixed up his medical notes with those of another patient<\/strong>, a Mr Dennis Allcote. However, Mr Aucote\u2019s medical notes were not entirely clear as to his allergies in any case.<\/p>\n<p>However, before prescribing the drug, Mr Aucote\u2019s GP Dr Andrew Hignett failed to ask him about any allergies.<\/p>\n<p>The court was told that Mr Aucote hurt his shoulder and made an appointment to see his doctor regarding his injuries.\u00a0 Dr Hignett is alleged to have been looking at Mr Allcote\u2019s medical notes, not Mr Aucote\u2019s, and prescribed ibuprofen for the injury. Mr Aucote went to a chemist, collected the drugs and took one tablet in his home before suffering a violent reaction. He died shortly afterwards.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is a death which could have so easily been avoided. Newhall surgery should have had Mr Aucote\u2019s notes correctly filed for him, his medical notes should have made clear his allergies and, in addition, Dr Hignett should have asked the patient whether he had any allergies. As Mr Aucote\u2019s doctor, Dr Hignett and <strong>the surgery owed a duty to provide a certain level of care<\/strong> to Mr Aucote and it appears as though the surgery fell below the standards expected of it in providing assistance to Mr Aucote. It might be that close family members or parties dependant on Mr Aucote could make <a title=\"claim for medical negligence\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/medical-negligence-claims.php\">medical negligence claim<\/a> following his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man died in Derbyshire after he was prescribed a drug which he was known to be allergic to, an inquest heard yesterday. According to the BBC, Mr Dennis Aucote, 57, died in March 2008 after suffering an allergic reaction to the drug ibuprofen. Mr Aucote\u2019s doctor\u2019s surgery apparently mixed up his medical notes with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/01\/15\/man-dies-after-pill-mix-up-by-his-doctor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Man Dies After Pill Mix-Up by His Doctor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Dies After Pill Mix-Up by His Doctor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/01\/15\/man-dies-after-pill-mix-up-by-his-doctor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Dies After Pill Mix-Up by His Doctor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A man died in Derbyshire after he was prescribed a drug which he was known to be allergic to, an inquest heard yesterday. 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