Back in 2014 before my cancer was diagnosed I went to my GP. She looked at the abnormality on my forehead and said "You need to keep an eye on that. Come back if it bleeds or crusts over." I went away feeling confused. A few weeks later I couldn't stop worrying about it so I went back and saw a locum GP who sent me urgently to hospital. The dermatologist said she couldn't tell what it was by looking at it and booked me in for an urgent biopsy. "Luckily" the results came back as a BCC which is slow growing and rarely fatal. However I was told that it could have been a melanoma which is why the test was done urgently.
I no longer trust my GP. I mentioned what had happened to a senior partner in the practice last year. I was told they would discuss it in their team meeting but no one ever got back to me. If my cancer had been a melanoma she could have killed me. As it is I have had to have major surgery to remove all of the tumour. The wound went right down to my skull and three months on still isn't healed. Throughout all of this the tumour never bled or crusted over. The wait could have been very dangerous.
Can I still make a complaint officially? She is still listed as my GP although I never see her but if I need a phone call they get her to phone me. I have no trust in her at all.
Any advice would be appreciated.
