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Sharon Barbour

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  • Health Correspondent, Producer and Presenter, BBC
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BBC Correspondent, Producer, Presenter & Documentary maker. UK Medical Journalists’ Award winner 2024 and 2026. RTS Journalist of the Year
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Twenty women had breasts removed needlessly, says NHS trust

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By Sharon Barbour Verified, Victoria Archer, Ben Milne Verified
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Twenty women underwent mastectomies unnecessarily while being treated for breast cancer, an NHS trust in north-east England has told the BBC. They were among hundreds of patients who came to harm during treatment at the breast unit of the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT). The admission comes in the wake of revelations about serious failures in the unit, as reported by the BBC last year.
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Breast cancer patient died due to trust's failings

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By Sharon Barbour Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Care reviews are being carried out at the trust which has a new management team in place including new chief executive Steve Russell [Sharon Barbour/BBC] A woman died due to the failings of a breast cancer service at a scandal-hit hospital trust, it has been confirmed. County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT) is re-examining the medical records of 1,500 patients dating back to 2023 and out of 357 reviewed, 245 patients were found to have come to harm.
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Proton beam hope for asbestos cancer patients

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By Sharon Barbour Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Peter Littlefield is one of the first mesothelioma patients on the proton beam trial [Sharon Barbour/BBC] A trial using proton beams to try to treat a cancer caused mainly by exposure to asbestos has been described as offering "realistic hope" to patients. There is no cure for mesothelioma, but Dr Crispin Hiley of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) said the aim of treatment was "not just to help people live longer but to live better".
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