The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists review of CervicalCheck slides has found that in 159 cases there were missed opportunities to prevent or diagnose cancer earlier.In a further 149 women, the review panel disagreed with the CervicalCheck slide reading but they did not believe this had an adverse impact on the woman's outcome.
The Limerick mother-of-two was diagnosed with cancer three years after her smear test results of 2011 were incorrectly reported as clear. She now has terminal cancer. The independent review of the slides found that in close to 30% of cases, it determined a different result than the original finding. In other cases, women were told their original slide was not available for review and later told their slide had become available.It is understood that some of the key campaigners in the 221+ CervicalCheck Patient Support Group did not attend the RCOG briefing.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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