Nurse died from cervical cancer after being told smear test was 'normal'

Julie O’Connor died in a hospice less than a year after her cervical cancer was diagnosed

Before her diagnosis, she was incorrectly given the all-clear after being referred three times – twice under the two-week cancer pathway – to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for further tests. The GP sent Mrs O’Connor back to Southmead Hospital to question cervical cancer and the nurse was seen within two weeks but told her cervix ‘looked normal’, Avon Coroner’s Court heard.Julie working as a nurse in 2016

Her private doctors immediately suspected cervical cancer, which was later confirmed. Further tests showed signs the cancer had spread. Mrs O’Connor repeatedly saw her GP with concerns but eventually went to a private hospital where her cancer was confirmed

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