Stockdale v Nicholls

(1993) 4 Med LR 190

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice OTTON

General practitioner — Diagnosis and treatment — Septicaemia — Duty of care — Whether general practitioner in breach of duty of care to patient in failing to take reasonable care, skill and diligence with regard to treatment, advice and attendance — Whether general practitioner negligent in failing to attend patient when requested — Causation — Whether failure to admit patient to hospital was causative of patient's complaint