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Mr Kerryn Lutchman Singh 2018-12-10 Person 1 5 0

We asked for a copy of all my mum's notes which is why I am able to write this. My mum was under the "care" of this Consultant at Singleton Hospital, she thought because of fibroids. She had been referred from Neath Port Talbot hospital. Numerous scan and blood tests from July 2017 through to October 2017 indicated to him that there was a very high risk of cancer. He led numerous team meetings discussing my mum's case after which letters were written between consultants & GPs (but which were never sent to my mum) which confirmed that it was cancer, but which stated in black and white that the patient was NOT aware of the diagnosis. At the time my mum thought she simply had fibroids and so in October 2017 she requested a hysterectomy - there was a huge waiting list and she asked if he could do so privately. He AGREED, and STILL did not tell her that it was cancer! She attended Sancta Maria Hosptial, paid, went through an operation, at which point he told my dad and I that he hadn't been able to perform the hysterectomy because it was a large cancer and it was touching the colon. It was / is infact STAGE 3c Ovarian Cancer. She had to wait a further 6 weeks before she attended Morriston hospital for surgical removal of the cancer. It is clear from the paperwork that we have seen that he KNEW it was cancer from July 2017, yet he still agreed to perform an operation in Sancta Maria. Why didn't he remove the cancer there? Because they do not have the facilities to deal with such a complicated procedure. Patients have a right to know what is wrong with them. Patients have a right to trust that the NHS - a service that they have paid for all their lives through taxes and National Insurance- is a service for them, and does not exist to serve the needs of the Consultants employed by them. Patients have the right to expect swift treatment to try to catch diseases in their infancy, and not to expect delay after delay, and lies and untruths which allow the diseases to progress unchecked. The cancer has now returned. Please be careful.