A woman who developed cancer after radiologists failed to spot abnormalities during a mammogram is to be paid compensation by the NHS trust responsible for the error.

Ann Morris, 57, went for a screening six years ago, but was given the all-clear, reports the Hunts Post.

However, Ms Morris later developed breast cancer, as well as secondary bone and liver cancer and says she believes her tests were lost.

She has now been given between six months and four-and-a-half years to live, since the treatment she received was too late to combat the disease.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has now agreed to pay her an undisclosed sum of compensation in an out-of-court settlement.

Commenting on the payout, Ms Morris said: "The money doesn’t mean much to me. I am a very low profile person, it isn’t me to have my name in the paper but I can’t rest until I know I have done all I can to stop this happening to someone else."

Mammograms are typlically used to detect breast cancer in older women.

When processed correctly, they have a 90 per cent detection rate and have been shown to reduce mortality.