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Mr H attended his GP complaining of a mole on his arm that was red and
raised. His GP examined him and advised there was nothing to worry about.
Over the course of the next 12 months Mr H saw his GP on 3 further occasions
as the mole was becoming increasingly red and swollen and, indeed, by the
last occasion it had started to bleed on occasions.
Eventually the GP decided to remove the mole and although he sent it away to
the local hospital pathology laboratory for testing the GP told Mr H this was
as a matter of course and he did not expect there to be anything sinister.
However a week later the GP wrote to Mr H advising him that the laboratory
had confirmed the mole was in fact a malignant melanoma (skin cancer).
Mr H had to go to hospital for further testing that revealed by this time the
cancer had spread to his lymph nodes. Mr H required surgery to remove his
lymph nodes under his arms followed by chemotherapy. The case was that if the
GP had not delayed in either removing the mole or referring Mr H he would not
have needed the lymph node surgery or the chemotherapy. Further, Mr H’s
prospects of survival were now significantly reduced. Settlement of £75,000
agreed. This included a claim for “lost years” ie earnings that Mr H would
now lose because of his shortened life expectancy.
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