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Cervical Cancer Delay: Wife's Death Sparks Urgent Call
20 Jan
Summary
- A diagnosis delay of one year led to a woman's death from cervical cancer.
- A suspicious smear test was incorrectly reported as normal, causing the delay.
- The NHS trust has apologized and ceased the specific screening service.
A grieving husband is urging for crucial lessons to be learned following hospital failings that resulted in a one-year delay in diagnosing his wife's cervical cancer. Kerry Pugh, a mother of three from Shrewsbury, tragically passed away after this diagnostic delay, as she had been incorrectly informed that a suspicious smear test had come back normal.
Her husband, Stephen, is using Cervical Cancer Prevention Week to shed light on the potential difficulties other patients might encounter. The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has issued an apology and stated that they have ceased operating the specific screening service linked to this incident.
This preventable tragedy underscores the critical importance of accurate and timely cancer diagnoses. The family's plea aims to ensure that such devastating outcomes due to medical missteps are prevented in the future.
