Patient fails in legal bid to drag out negligence case against GP

The unusual appeal was rejected after a judge said it was unfair to the GP

A court has rejected a patient’s request to drag out a negligence case so she can prove her GP’s alleged failure to diagnose her lung cancer shortened her life expectancy.  

The unusual appeal came to light a decade after the consultation in question, with the patient now accusing the GP of failing properly investigate abnormalities in her lung.