Coker v Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Area Health Authority

(1996) 7 Med LR 58

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr R JACKSON

Professional liability — General practitioner — Oral contraceptive — Contraindications — Patient discharged from hospital following treatment for low blood pressure — Oral contraceptive Binovum prescribed by general practitioner — Prescription changed to Trinordiol — Death of patient due to cerebral thrombosis — Witness statement by patient's deceased father that patient had headaches and symptoms of increasing severity — Conflict between doctors” evidence and father's statement