A group of up to 79 women have received out-of-court settlements after being given the wrong information over breast cancer tests. The women, all patients at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire had been recalled in October 2012 after concerns were raised over the standard of the oestrogen receptor (ER) tests. King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, NottinghamshireThe patients who were recalled had the tests some time between 2004 and 2011, and some women affected said it felt like they were being 'diagnosed with breast cancer all over again'. Following a review of the ER tests, it was discovered the secondary tests results included some false positives, meaning the original results were in fact correct. 'Having spent a number of years representing 11 of those patients concerned, I witnessed the distress caused by the misreporting of the ER results.

Source: Daily Mail March 30, 2018 17:15 UTC