


The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman provided a blistering analysis of the trust's 'failures' in Mr Speck's care and its handling of complaints from Mrs Seifert-Speck. His widow, Anna Seifert-Speck, 58, has battled with health authorities for a better approach to the common misdiagnosis of Kuttner's, a benign tumour, which is difficult to differentiate from a malignant tumour, reports DerbyshireLive.Ī health watchdog has said the trust has not taken enough action, despite being ordered to overhaul its complaints handling and procedures for potential Kuttner's diagnoses eight months ago – four years after Simon's passing. Simon Speck sadly died aged 55 on April 19, 2019, 38 days after it was discovered he had an extremely aggressive cancer. FOUR-YEAR FIGHT: Beloved dad Simon Speck, who sadly died in 2019 (Image: Anna Seifert-Speck)Ī university lecturer who died after a hospital trust missed several chances to spot his rare cancer may have survived if the trust diagnosed it sooner, an investigation has found.
