A HOSPITAL trust is facing having to pay out almost £1 million in compensation after a woman succumbed to cancer despite a lump being found four years previously.

The woman died in April 2020 from a very rare form of cancer.

Doctors discovered a lump when the woman, from Winsford, went for a routine pregnancy check-up.

But despite plans being made to investigate it further after she gave birth to her son, they were were not followed through.

Now Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs facilities such as Leighton Hospital in Crewe and Northwich's Victoria Infirmary, is facing paying out £950,000 compensation after admitting liability for the death of her daughter.

The sum is to be paid into the woman's estate and will be used for the upbringing of her son, among other things.

This follows a number of papers being made public at London's High Court.

The papers say by the time the woman was finally diagnosed it was too late for her as the cancer had spread to her lungs and collar bone.

However, they also say experts have said if the cancer had been diagnosed when the lump was originally discovered it would probably have been treatable with surgery and other therapy.

Court permission for the pay-out to go ahead is necessary because of her son’s age.

  • Due to a last-minute order from the High Court, The Guardian is prevented from identifying those involved.