A mum-of-three who was misdiagnosed over the phone by her GP was “failed” by doctors, her heartbroken husband has said. Laura Barlow first became seriously ill in October 2023, with pain in her abdominal region and blood in her stool, her husband Mike recalled. He said a brief phone call with her GP at Stickney Surgery resulted in the endometriosis diagnosis. She was prescribed pain medication which kept her going until mid-December, when she collapsed at her work as a housekeeper at Pilgrim’s