Ruth Morrissey ‘put trust’ in consultant to monitor for recurrence of cancer

A terminally ill woman broke down in tears on Tuesday as she told the High Court that how she had put her trust in a consultant to monitor her after a first bout of cervical cancer was treated five years ago.

She said she trusted her consultant to give her the required surveillance and that she had on three occasions asked for scans, ultrasound or other imaging to be carried out. She said she did not demand it but asked “would you not do it”. She told the court she had always wondered after her cancer returned, why was it not picked up.Mr Hanratty put it to her that retrospectively she was thinking of scanning. Ms Morrissey said she did not believe that was correct.

Ms Morrissey said she trusted that she was being given the required surveillance and she asked why she was not offered a scan in 2016 when the consultant knew of the results of the audit review of her smear slides.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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