**UPDATE at 3pm on Thursday, September 28**Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed it is not reviewing letters in Kelly Whitteron's case. 

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A SERIOUSLY ill woman believes her breast cancer may have been allowed to progress due to a hospital blunder.

Kelly Whitteron, aged 38, who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in her liver, lungs, bones and lymph nodes in May last year, maintains her condition could have been "avoided".

She believes letters concerning her health and treatment were amongst the 22,000 that Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust never sent to GPs.

The mum-of-two, from Droitwich, received the all clear in 2013 following an MRI scan but said was not asked to return for any follow up appointments.

Then in May 2016, Mrs Whitteron was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.

The hospital letters should have been sent to GPs about their patients when they attended outpatient appointments or hospital departments, or if follow up care was required.

Mrs Whitteron said: "I feel like I was forgotten about. I could be one of those patients.

"I am angry and sad that this could have been avoided.

"Had they called me back in for an MRI - this could have been avoided. How many patients must have died?

"I have come to terms with it as I am a positive person.

"I am a person that knows there's no point dwelling on something we can't control."

Since finding out about the letters she has contacted a solicitor and is awaiting their response.

In 2008, Mrs Whitteron, who carries the BRCA2 gene, which is linked to breast and ovarian cancer, had a double mastectomy. She was told she did not need chemotherapy or radiotherapy, as the surgery had reduced her cancer risk from 87 per cent to just four per cent.

In 2010, she visited her GP with a lump and it was dismissed as focal fat necrosis after an ultrasound. No biopsy was done, the lump grew and was finally removed and was stage 2 cancer.

She added: "I want to see them (her children Isabelle, aged 16 and Noah, 10) grow up and get married. I want to be a grandma and I want to live to an old age."

Mrs Whitteron, whose husband Stuart, aged 41, is a lorry driver, was a calender girl in the 2009 Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign, alongside her mother Hazel Dyer.

Mrs Whitteron is now aiming to raise £61,000 to fund immunotherapy in Germany that could prolong her life.

The treatment uses certain parts of a person's immune system to fight diseases such as cancer.

Four friends, Kerry Wood, Rachel Wood, Lorraine Hinton, Carrie Hinton, are now holding a fundraising event for Mrs Whitteron's cancer treatment on Friday, November 3 at Droitwich Working Men’s Club from noon until late.

Speaking on the fundraising event, Mrs Whitteron said: "It is massive- I was really humbled. It is a lovely thing."

The event, in Friar Street, includes an afternoon dance with three vocalist from noon to 3pm, from 3pm to 6pm a ‘Kid's Friday Frenzy’ with a bouncy castle and buffet and from 7pm until late there is a disco with a raffle.

For more information or to make a donation go to gofundme.com/kellys-immunotherepy-treatment.

For tickets to the fundraiser contact Kerry Wood on 07523637598.

A Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust spokesman said: "letters are currently being reviewed by Worcestershire GPs and if there is any evidence that a patient has come to any harm as a result of the delay in sending the letters, they will be contacted directly.

Chief Executive Michelle McKay, said: "We are sorry that some letters within the trust’s document management system have not been processed properly. We regret that this means some patients may not have received the follow-up care they should have. We are working closely with our primary care colleagues and partner health organisations to urgently review the individual cases of these patients and to ensure, where appropriate, patients receive the necessary follow-up care quickly.

"An investigation is underway to understand how this has happened, so we can put systems in place to avoid it happening again."

Patients who believe they may have been affected should contact the patient advice and liaison services (PALS) team on 0300 123 1732.