Dr Julian Bradley 2013-09-02 Person 1 5 0

I consulted Park Road Surgery in the summer of 2008 with griping tummy pains and irregular bowel movements. Dr Preece undertook various tests suggesting my body was fighting 'some kind of infection', clearly not imagined. The pains worsened. I saw 3 GP's on 5 occasions so failed to get any continuity of advice. Dr Adeniji relented to my insistence for referral after a 45minute videoed consultation. I later requested a copy but was told it had been erased. Both he and Dr Bradley stated that my symptoms were psychosomatic Irritable Bowel Syndrome and that the more I thought about it the worse it would get. It did get worse. My wife obtained a cancellation appointment for a colonoscopy which located the tumour that had obstructed my colon. I received surgery for bowel cancer a week later due to the imminent risk of rupture rather than cancer. I received 6 months of Chemotherapy, the cancer had spread to 9 out of 36 lymph nodes. I had advised Dr Bradley and Dr Adeniji of the cancer I had had when 7 years old in 1973. The internet states that there is a clear link between late effect cancers caused by childhood radiotherapy but Dr Bradley refuted that he had ever heard this. I reported the matter to the Primary Care Trust and the matter noted by the General Medical Council. Dr Adeniji expressed his regret at my symptoms, but neither apologised for their diagnosis. Thanks to the excellent care received at Kingston Hospital and the William Rouse Unit (Royal Marsden Hospital) I consider myself very fortunate to have survived against these odds.