No one else should suffer from these unjust measures
NEWLYWED Becky Ryder, pictured with her husband Paul, died from cervical cancer after her requests to have a smear test were dismissed by her GP, who said she was too young.
She went to her doctor aged 24 following unexplained bleeding but was told screening was available for women only when they became 25. Sadly by the time Mrs Ryder was diagnosed, it was too late to save her.
Her widower Paul, 35, is now campaigning to raise awareness of the situation. The couple lived in Bristol and the shocking fact is that if they had driven over the Severn Bridge into Wales, Becky could be alive today.
In Wales, screening for women begins at 20. So how come English taxpayers, who by sheer numbers alone are the major funders of healthcare across the land, get second-class treatment? No other young women should have to die as a result of this unjust meanness.