A DAD died at 27 after his cancer went untreated for a year when doctors failed to refer him to specialists.

Daniel Hemmings first went to hospital in 2010 after finding a lump in his lower back.

3 Daniel Hemmings, pictured with partner Fallon Waldron and son Harry, died from cancer aged 27

He had an MRI scan but no follow-up appointment was made to review the results.

The next year he went back to his GP, and he was sent for an op to remove what he was told was a benign tumour.

Further tests revealed he had a cancer of the nervous system but a mix-up meant it was four months before he was told.

3 The young dad is said to have died after doctors failed to refer him to specialists

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3 Dying dad Daniel, pictured with tot, instructed solicitors to sue the NHS trust

Medics admitted after his death in 2014 he should have gone to specialists in 2010.

Partner Fallon Waldron, 28 — mum to his son Harry, six — said: “I’m just devastated that Harry will never have a lasting relationship with his father."

Daniel's mum Gill said: "It is hard to believe that it took around two years from Daniel complaining about the lump for it to be recognised.

"If any good can come from the nightmare we have faced, it is that lessons can be learned which will ensure that the treatment and care received by others can be improved.

"This should simply not happen again."

Security worker Daniel, of Halesowen, West Mids, had his op at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley.

The dying dad instructed solicitors to sue the NHS trust.

Jenna Harris, of Irwin Mitchell, said: “His family deserve justice.”