Woman with cervical cancer sues after smear test indicated no abnormality

More recent scans have shown "something suspicious" in the woman's liver about which she is to have a consultation shortly, the court heard.

A woman who was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in 2013, just over a year after her cervical smear sample was incorrectly reported as not abnormal, has sued for damages in the High Court.

It took almost four years before the woman was told in May 2018 that a 2014 review had found the report of the 2012 test, done at a laboratory in Texas, was incorrect, Mr Justice Kevin Cross was also told.