Woman whose endometriosis went undiagnosed for 15 years wins £0.5m pay-out

A woman whose endometriosis was undiagnosed for nearly 15 years has won £500 000 (€553 000; $659 000) compensation from the NHS in an out-of-court settlement. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust agreed to settle the claim by Frances Bell, 37, after admitting that a laparoscopy should have been performed in 2001, when she was 18. She had first attended a gynaecology appointment with symptoms of endometriosis in 1997 …