GCC v Laverick (2014)

GCC PCC hearing, prosecuting a case of UPC against a chiropractor who ignored symptoms of cauda equina syndrome.

Cauda equina syndrome an acute medical emergency which could have resulted in life-changing injuries to her patient, and failed to make the necessary urgent referral to an A&E department.  The facts were found proved, and the GCC admonished the registrant after hearing extensive evidence of remediation.

Jocelyn Ledward