Man, 24, turned away by NHS dies of cancer after not paying for £65 private test
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
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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 Addenbrooke's 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.