September 18th, 2009
A group of women in Lancashire are said to be considering legal action after errors by a doctor led to them mistakenly being given the all-clear for breast cancer.
One radiologist at Accrington Victoria Hospital failed to spot a number of tumours and staff became concerned about previous test results.
They recalled 85 patients from the past three years and discovered that 14 had invasive breast cancer.
It is not clear if the blunders will affect the womens’ chances of survival, but they are all now undergoing treatment.
East Lancashire NHS Trust representative Rineke Schram commented: "I would like to apologise for any distress and anxiety caused."
The 14 woman affected are considering making compensation claims, the Daily Mail attests.
Anyone who has endured pain and suffering as the result of a cancer misdiagnosis may be entitled to claim compensation and should seek the advice of a solicitor specialising in clinical negligence claims.
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May 6th, 2009
The parents of a girl who died after being given a massive overdose of radiation have been given permission to sue an NGS trust for clinical negligence.
Lisa Norris, 16, was having treatment for a brain tumour at the Beatson cancer centre in Glasgow in 2006, but doctors mistakenly gave her too much radiation. They then stopped the treatment after discovering the error.
Her parents Ken and Liz claim that Lisa would have lived had doctors not stopped the treatment and are taking legal action against NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
"The health authorities should be called to account for what happened to Lisa," Mr Norris said.
Experts opined after Lisa’s death that she should have had a 60 per cent chance of survival from her cancer if she had been treated properly.
The NHS trust declined to comment on the case or the legal action.
According to Cancer Research UK, approximately 4,500 people in the UK are diagnosed with brain and central nervous system tumours every year.
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April 16th, 2009
A woman whose husband died of bowel cancer after he had been given the all-clear is to sue the medical centre where he received treatment.
Steve Davies, 47, was given a colonoscopy last year and was told that his cancer had cleared, ThisisSomerset.co.uk reports.
However, his condition worsened and he was operated on eight months later, which is when medics discovered three large tumours that he been present since 2004.
Tracey Davies said surgeon Ben Mak of Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre, Somerset, should have seen the tumours and could have made her husband’s life more pleasant in his final months.
She commented: "They couldn’t have done anything more for Steve but they could have given him some pain relief."
Ms Davies is now taking legal action for clinical negligence. Mr Mak has since resigned after it was revealed that another patient had suffered the same fate as Mr Davies.
Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre is a surgical Independent Sector Treatment Centre that provides 12,000 procedures a year for the NHS.
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December 9th, 2008
The wife of a man who was given the all-clear for cancer but later died from the disease is to sue the medical centre she claims is responsible.
Steven Davies, 47, went to see medical professionals in January 2007 and had two bowel examinations, but was told he did not have cancer, the Telegraph reports.
However, in September 2007 he returned to hospital in severe pain and surgeons found tumours that had been in his bowel for up to four years.
He died nine days later and Tracey Davies, 43, said she is to take legal action against Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre.
Ben Mak, the surgeon who carried out the initial checks on Mr Davies, has been suspended by the General Medical Council and later resigned from his position.
A spokesperson for the organisation said: "The General Medical Council has been informed about this surgeon’s work and a full independent investigation is being carried out."
Negligence may occur from delay or failure to diagnose a condition, delay or failure to treat a condition, when a treatment goes wrong, use of the wrong treatment, or failure to obtain consent.
Anyone who has suffered as a result of suspected negligence should seek the advice of a solicitor.
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