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Woman's cancer diagnosis after wrong smear results

Sian Filcher
BBC Midlands Today
BBC Amie Wood sits and smiles at the camera. She has long brown hair and wears a dark green tank top. She is sat in a living room, with a door, coffee table, lamp, and plant pot behind her to her right.BBC
Amie Wood had to have a hysterectomy following her cervical cancer diagnosis, after receiving incorrect results from a smear test

A woman has expressed her anger after being diagnosed with cervical cancer more than two years after her smear test result was incorrectly recorded as normal.

Amie Wood, 39, from Bewdley, Worcestershire, had a smear test that was reported as negative by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in October 2019.

Although negative, it showed high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can lead to cancer, the HPV persisted and she was subsequently diagnosed with cervical cancer in January 2022.

The NHS trust said it expressed its regret and apologised to Ms Wood.

Following her diagnosis, Ms Wood had a hysterectomy.

She told the BBC: "I'm a mom of two girls, a single mom. I couldn't risk my life.

"I am angry over it because it's not only [meant] I can't have any children again, [but also] I've lost my trust medically.

"For me it's been a mental battle. The constant worry, am I going to have cancer again somewhere else":[]}