Gregor Lynn News Today

Gregor Lynn visited his GP in March 2019 after discovering a ‘nuisance’ lesion on the back of his neck - but NHS rules said it didn’t merit further investigation

Gregor Lynn 24, died at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge (pictured) after refusing to pay extra for a test to see if a lesion on his back was malignant.

A 24-year-old man who paid privately for a lesion to be removed, after being told by a GP he did not fit NHS criteria, later died when the cancer drastically spread

Gregor Lynn died of skin cancer just two years after choosing not to have a private test because of the ‘additional cost’.

A coroner has issued a warning after a 24-year-old man died of skin cancer following his decision not to pay for a private medical test that may have caught the disease.

Cambridgeshire coroner raises concerns about patients who fail to meet NHS treatment criteria and are forced to pay privately for tests.