{"id":771,"date":"2016-06-02T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T07:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2016-05-24T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T13:11:15","slug":"nhs-delays-cause-cancer-patient-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/nhs-delays-cause-cancer-patient-death\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Delays Cause Cancer Patient Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man died from operable cancer because of delays in his treatment, the Ombudsman has found.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Filipovic, from Kent, was diagnosed with suspected cancer by the Medway Maritime Hospital in 2011. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 62 year old had a small tumour on his pancreas, and was referred to King\u2019s College Hospital in London for further treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the London hospital initially said he did not have cancer, and instead treated him for other health complications. <\/span><\/p>\n

Just several months later he had lost six stone, was jaundiced and was too ill to walk. Only then did the hospital diagnose pancreatic cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

By that stage Mr Filipovic was too frail to undergo surgery or chemotherapy. He died in the summer of 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a report, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said King\u2019s College Hospital had \u201cfailed to act quickly enough\u201d and that the family had been given \u201cconfusing and contradictory\u201d information.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ombudsman also found that the Trust mishandled the family\u2019s complaint.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cancer treatment delays<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you or your loved one has suffered because of negligent delays in cancer treatment, there could be a case of medical negligence. Please contact us at Glynns Solicitors to find out more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man died from operable cancer because of delays in his treatment, the Ombudsman has found. Peter Filipovic, from Kent, was diagnosed with suspected cancer by the Medway Maritime Hospital in 2011. The 62 year old had a small tumour on his pancreas, and was referred to King\u2019s College Hospital in London for further treatment. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[853,103,466,852,296],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-negligence","tag-cancer-missed","tag-delays-in-cancer-treatment","tag-health-ombudsman","tag-kings-college-hospital","tag-pancreatic-cancer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}