Former Cookham Wood inmate wins cancer damages case
A woman who developed breast cancer in prison has won a High Court negligence claim after medical staff failed to diagnose the disease.
Cheryl Carter, 34, of Brixton, south London, sued the Ministry of Justice over treatment she received while at Cookham Wood prison in Kent in 2005.
She said she had complained of a lump on her breast three times but was never referred for specialist treatment.
A hearing into the level of damages will be held at a later date.
Ms Carter said she consulted a prison medical officer three times, in March, April and May 2005, about a lump on her right breast.
Her counsel Paula Sparks said had Ms Carter been referred for specialist treatment, she would have been given a better prognosis than the one she received after being referred by her GP in November 2005 following her release.
This case has arisen because of the historic attitude that prisoners are less eligible than people outside to receive the necessary health care.
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