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Complete and utter devastation. A month ago, NHS England sent letters to a group of women, essentially informing them that they been failed. Between 1962 and 2003, radiotherapy treatment was provided to 1,487 women who were being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2003, the NHS became aware that these women were at very-high risk of breast cancer and so, they were to be invited for annual MRI scans and, at the appropriate time, a mammogram. It has now become clear that many of those 1,487 women were never contacted or invited onto the very high-risk programme. The consequences of this will be significant. Certainly some of the women in this group will already have passed away. Many of those that are alive will have developed breast cancer in the last 21 years and in some instances, the cancer will have been treated very aggressively. Each individual's own circumstances will be unique but there will undoubtedly be a number of instances where the situation would have been different, had that individual been contacted in 2003 as necessary. I have written about the situation in more detail on the Lennons Solicitors website and will post a link to my article in the comments. If you are affected by this, or by something similar, please feel free to send me a message to see how I might be able to assist. #LennonsSolicitors #medicalnegligence #clinicalnegligence
How dreadful Andrew King. I have to say that I have little faith in the NHS these days and believe it's important to take control of one's own health as much as possible. I've heard some dreadful stories from a friend who has had multiple cancers (and still here, despite them!)
This is devastating!
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