Elizabeth Dawes was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2013 . She died on August 25, 2013, aged just 38 years old. Four days later she was told staff had confused her notes with those of two other patients and that she had never had the disease . Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has admitted liability and apologised .
Elizabeth Dawes was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2013 . Doctors advised a double mastectomy but she refused , instead undergoing extensive surgery to remove a tumour and reconstruction afterwards . Four days later she was told staff had confused her notes with those of two other patients and that she had never had the disease . Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has admitted liability and apologised .