Carla Smith, described as a 'loving, funny and generous mum', died from womb cancer in June 2023 after delays in her diagnosis and treatment. An inquest heard that her case highlights the risk to women in the UK who are 'losing treatment options' due to long waiting lists for referrals.
AN URGENT warning has been issued after a "loving, funny and generous mum" died of womb cancer following "unacceptable" waiting list delays.Carla Smith died of an aggressive form of womb cancer that was too late to treat by the time she was diagnosed, an inquest heard, said women in the UK are at risk of succumbing to the same fate as Ms Smith and are "losing treatment options" because waiting lists are so long.
"The report received August 23, 2022, showed a thickened endometrium of 22 millimetres. This should have led to a referral to the gynaecology team.by a different GP and a discussion with Carla on September 27, 2022, an urgent referral was made with an anticipated wait of four to six weeks."When triaged by specialists at the hospital, the referral should have been upgraded to a two week wait pathway.A biopsy on that day was marked as routine instead of two week wait.
Ms Goward's report continued: "During the course of the inquest, it was apparent that there were a number of missed opportunities to refer Carla for treatment and to use the correct pathway to do so and there were also significant delays in receiving results from the laboratory and due to lengthy waiting lists, even for urgent referrals."
"I am aware that this is not a problem that is unique to just the two Trusts from whom evidence was heard.
WHOM CANCER WAITING LISTS NHS DELAYED DIAGNOSIS HEALTHCARE
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