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He lived by the maxim that "a hot curry or a paracetamol" would cure all ailments - and "if that didn't work you, you just got on with it," according to his daughter, Tracy Fisher.

A migraine - which can last days - is very different to a headache, which tend to be short-lived and can be treated more easily with painkillers like paracetamol.

The PA recommended Ms Chesterton should take paracetamol.

One mother said she was told to take paracetamol and "rest up" when she phoned a consultant concerned about reduced movement of her unborn child following a car accident.

"After the weekend you'd come in feeling sick, dizzy, headaches. The treatment you'd receive would be a couple of paracetamol, and a hot bath. That's not care."