An agoraphobic man has been removed from a GP's patient list after a dispute in which it was claimed he was seen at a local pub shortly after making a complaint. John Cholerton, 41, and Sam Cholerton, 37, from Stapleford have been in a dispute with the Linden Medical Group GP surgery at Stapleford Care Centre for months, with the pair claiming they have not received quality care.
Mr Cholerton says he had not been able to see a GP for months because of his agoraphobia, anxiety and depression, and that he had not received appropriate care. But the Linden Medical Group hit back in a letter, claiming they had seen Mr Cholerton previously face-to-face several times, and that he had been spotted in a local pub after making a complaint about the GP surgery. The couple subsequently claimed the trip to the boozer had been 'exposure therapy'. And Mr Cholerton made clear he doesn't drink alcohol.
Mrs Cholerton said they thought the practice was 'unwilling' to help her husband. "They are not helping him at all. They don't seem to get him any help whatsoever, they're not willing to see him because he's got agoraphobia, depression and everything else," she said.
