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Mum whose daughter was struck down with Strep A slams GPs using 'text message diagnosis'

Laura Rooney, whose daughter was diagnosed with Strep A in December, has called for an end to the practice of diagnosing children via text messages and pictures

Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2023

Mum calls for end of GP phone consultations after daughter with Strep A was given wrong diagnosis

Laura Rooney said children should only be diagnosed face-to-face and not over the phone

Wales Online · Feb 18, 2023

Banbridge mum on Strep A diagnosis for daughter - 'text message diagnosis from GPs needs to end'

"Unfortunately, Farrah was wrongly diagnosed in a text message."

Belfast Live · Feb 17, 2023

The Strep A signs and symptoms parents have been told to look out for

Six children in England and Wales have died from the infection in recent months

Manchester Evening News · Dec 3, 2022

Mum's Strep A warning to parents as daughter 'doesn't even look like herself anymore'

Laura Rooney said she first noticed her five-year-old daughter Farrah's symptoms back in September, but medics did not raise the possibility she might have Strep A

Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022

"It has affected every part of our lives" - Co Down mum warning to parents after young daughter's Strep A diagnosis

"My child has never been as consistently sick and she doesn't even look like herself now."

Belfast Live · Dec 3, 2022