GP fails to refer for scan patient who is later diagnosed with breast cancer

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GP fails to refer for scan patient who is later diagnosed with breast cancer

Keira Louise
Stephenson
Mammogram
A breast cancer diagnosis was delayed by three months due to a GP not referring her patient with a lump for further investigation
The health watchdog has criticised a GP after she failed to send a patient for a scan in July 2016, delaying the woman’s breast cancer diagnosis by th