Judge urges mediation as latest case against screening programme is fixed for October
action over the alleged misinterpretation of her smear slides which were taken under the CervicalCheck screening programme.Quest DiagnosticsMr Justice Kevin Cross on Wednesday suggested the parties consider mediation as he fixed the case for hearing next October.
It is claimed there was an alleged failure to diagnose the woman’s cervical cancer in a timely manner and that her cancer was allegedly allowed to go undetected, unmonitored and untreated until September 2016. She has also claimed there was an alleged failure to ensure her smear tests between 2009 and 2014 were properly interpreted and an alleged failure to arrange any follow-up of a borderline abnormal finding on her 2009 smear test.
The woman who was suffering from severe lower back pain around December 2015 was referred to a number of different discipline specialists. Her cancer was diagnosed in September 2016 and she was treated with a course of chemo-radiotherapy. The chance of a long term cure, it is claimed, is very unlikely and the outlook is guarded.
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