Monday, 8 March 2021, 2:03 pm Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a general practitioner (GP) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a woman who presented with a respiratory complaint. The woman, aged in her sixties at the time of events, had a history of asthma. She saw her GP after becoming unwell with symptoms of a tight chest, sore throat, and upset stomach. The GP prescribed the woman with prednisone, a steroid medication, at a dosage of 80mg a day for a week,