Warning as NHS scans routinely miss cancers, sepsis and broken bones, says health ombudsman

NHS scans routinely miss cancers, sepsis and broken bones, the health ombudsman has warned.

Clinics regularly misread images and take too long to conduct follow-up checks or lose contact with patients.

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One man, 82, killed himself to escape the unbearable pain of a spreading cancer after it took three months to pinpoint it.

In another case, NHS doctors disagreed...