A young mum who endured more than six months of gruelling treatment for advanced cervical cancer has been given the all-clear.

Amy Meehan, 21, was called this week to get the fantastic news from Dr Jane Orton, a consultant oncologist at St James’s Hospital in Leeds.

Amy, of Melton Terrace, Ravenscliffe, said: “I had an MRI scan a few weeks ago and then I got a phone call to ask if could I go to the hospital to get the results.

“I was in a bit of a panic because they don’t normally do that, but Dr Orton said don’t worry, it is good news. They can’t see any cancer at all.”

She has been left with a fractured pelvis because of the radiotherapy treatment, but has been told that will improve with exercise and by stopping smoking, which she has done.

“They will keep a close eye on me for the next two years to make sure everything is fine,” added Amy. “I am just so relieved and looking forward to a holiday now.”

Amy, who lives with her mum, Janet Rollin, and four-year-old daughter, Rachel Louise, hit the headlines in August when she spoke to the Telegraph & Argus about her anger at being told the anti-sickness tablets she needed were too expensive for her GP to prescribe on the NHS.

She submitted a complaint and, following an inquiry at Ashcroft Surgery, Sherwood Place, Undercliffe, she has received a letter of apology.

“The GP explained in the letter she was not being awful but was trying to save NHS money and that was what she was getting at,” said Amy. “It is an apology and I am happy with that.”

Amy was diagnosed with cancer in March when doctors found a 9cm tumour which was so far advanced it was inoperable. Doctors, who had never treated anyone as young as Amy with such an advanced cancer, warned her she had just a 40 per cent chance of survival.

In April she embarked on a gruelling treatment of daily radiotherapy and weekly chemotherapy to shrink the tumour. The side-effects saw her weight plummet to just over six stone.