A father-of-four has said his terminal cancer was repeatedly missed because a GP didn't order him a blood test and said such tests 'cost the NHS money'. Geoff Duke, 50, who is expecting a second grandchild this year, was eventually diagnosed with myeloma after switching doctors.
Myeloma is a lethal form of blood cancer which kills 3,000 people in the UK each year. Geoff, from Washington, Tyne and Wear, is calling on the Government to ensure that GPs know more about myeloma, Chronicle Live reports.
He is now in remission, but needs to take a cocktail of medicines, and said he had gone to the doctor repeatedly struggling with chronic back pain and issues like breathlessness. But he says his GP didn't think there was anything seriously wrong with him and it took him years and a new GP to be diagnosed.
