Breast screening

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Breast Cancer Screening
16 October 2019

Screening IT systems ‘unsafe’ and require ‘urgent’ upgrades, review finds

Current IT systems “cannot support the safe running of screening programmes", Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of
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30 May 2019

IT needs ‘radical upgrade’ to improve cancer screening, interim report finds

Professor Sir Mike Richards said new IT systems were “urgent priority” and booking an appointment needs to be as “simple
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20 May 2019

Outdated NHS cancer screening IT systems ‘woefully inadequate’

A report by the Public Accounts Committee also found the failing IT systems played a “fundamental role” in missed screening
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5 March 2019

Charities call for quicker access to technology in NHS screening review

Responding to the review charities have called for greater investment in IT systems to improve dwindling attendance numbers and a
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Breast Cancer Screening
22 February 2019

Review of national cancer screening programmes to include focus on AI

Professor Sir Mike Richards will lead the review, which will also focus on current and future IT systems. The review
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Breast Cancer Screening
21 January 2019

New online tool could help GPs predict woman’s risk of breast cancer

The calculator, which combines a woman's family history with lifestyle factors, is the 'most comprehensive method yet' to predict the
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17 May 2013

Barking digitises breast screening

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a five-year contract with Sectra to implement a new breast
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23 March 2011

Agfa completes deployments at two trusts

Agfa HealthCare has completed deployments of its systems at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation
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2 July 2010

Cornwall integrates breast screening

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has streamlined its breast imaging system to fully integrate it with the National Breast
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10 June 2010

Derby City leads on breast imaging

Only one of England’s 82 local breast screening programmes is fully integrated with its local PACS - but other sites
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