Patients receive wrong cancer diagnosis following GP Xmas text blunder

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Patients receive wrong cancer diagnosis following GP Xmas text blunder
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PATIENTS got a text from a GP practice telling them they had lung cancer — instead of wishing them “Merry Christmas”. Hundreds of people registered with the surgery are thought to have been sent th…

PATIENTS got a text from a GP practice telling them they had lung cancer — instead of wishing them “Merry Christmas”.

Hundreds of people registered with the surgery are thought to have been sent the texts with the diagnosis in error.Hundreds of people registered with the surgery are thought to have been wrongfully sent a lung cancer diagnosisShocked patients with Askern Medical Practice, near Doncaster, received the text on Christmas Eve

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