GP cleared over death of ‘difficult’ patient

The coroner found the GP provided suboptimal care but was not ultimately responsible for her patient's death
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A GP who issued repeat benzodiazepine scripts over the phone to a woman with hypoxia has been declared safe to practise, after a coroner found she had learned from the death of the “difficult” patient.

Last month, the ACT Chief Coroner released findings into the death of 61-year-old Lesley Hasleby in September 2011.