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Dad sues hospital after years of ‘unnecessary’ cancer treatment
The hospital admitted a breach of duty after tests found no evidence for the diagnoses and said proper care could have avoided 42 procedures.
- Simon Pearson, a 41-year-old from Tamworth, Staffordshire, spent seven years receiving unnecessary treatment after George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton misdiagnosed him with terminal blood cancer.
- Doctors initially identified high red blood cell counts and abnormal iron levels in 2017, leading to incorrect diagnoses of haemochromatosis and polycythaemia vera; Pearson, who has a needle phobia, endured 42 traumatic procedures to drain blood.
- Pearson lived in fear of dying, saying, "For years I was in and out of hospital, believing I had a condition that could eventually kill me, sometimes lying awake all night, terrified." He also feared passing the condition to his children.
- Following a nurse's query in June 2025, tests confirmed the error, prompting the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to admit a breach of duty and apologize for care that "undoubtedly fallen below our usually high standards."
- Specialist medical negligence solicitor Victoria Zinzan of Irwin Mitchell is working with the Trust to ensure Pearson receives support for the financial, physical, and emotional toll, noting "worrying failings have been identified" in his care.
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The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has apologised for the blunder
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