Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 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 . Elizabeth Dawes 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 .