Mum with cervical cancer forced to have life-changing hysterectomy after NHS 'misreports' smear test
Mum with cervical cancer forced to have life-changing hysterectomy after NHS 'misreports' smear test
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A mum-of-two was diagnosed with cervical cancer after bungling hospital staff gave her the wrong smear test results. Amie Wood, 39, was forced to undergo a life-changing hysterectomy after being diagnosed more than two years after her result was incorrectly recorded as normal.
The teaching assistant underwent a smear test at a Wolverhampton hospital in October 2019 - but the outcome was "misreported" by staff. Amie was diagnosed with cervical cancer in January 2022 and a subsequent NHS audit found the smear result had shown abnormal changes.
As a result, she contacted medical negligence lawyers to take legal action against Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. The Trust has since admitted a breach of duty in Amie’s care and apologised for giving her “incorrect” test results. The Trust accepted if the smear - which showed moderate to severe high grade cell changes - had been correctly reported, Amie would have been referred within weeks for excision treatment. This would have avoided the development of cancer and the need for a hysterectomy.
READ MORE: Dad who used 3-month-old baby to brush snow off car 'for TikTok views' likely to face charges. Amie, of Bewdley, Worcs., has now spoken of her anger and revealed for the first time about the impact cancer has had on her life. She said: "Before the cancer, I’d always struggled a bit with anxiety over my health.
“Because of that, I always made sure I went to all my appointments and never had any reason to question the results I was given as I had faith in the medics. To be diagnosed with cervical cancer and undergo a hysterectomy was heart-breaking enough but then I found out that my smear results had been misreported and it could have all been avoided.
