A "devastated" dad-of-two from Bristol is seeking legal advice after concerns his cancer could have been detected sooner. Richard Scott has instructed lawyers to investigate after being diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, reportedly 17 months after first visiting a GP complaining of symptoms.
The 41-year-old said he visited a GP after becoming concerned about blood in his poo and severe tiredness in March 2021. However, he claims no referral for further investigation was made and he was not diagnosed until August last year.
The Little Stoke resident, who has two young daughters aged 10 and six with wife Anny, said it was only on his third GP visit in May 2022 that a referral to a gastroenterology team was made. Following further tests he was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver.
