Cervical screening

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The NHS cervical cancer screening contract is to be removed from Capita and brought back in house
17 October 2019

Outdated cancer IT systems ‘jeopardising patient care’

Responding to Sir Mike Richards' review into national screening programmes charities called for recommendations to be put in place ā€œas
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Breast Cancer Screening
16 October 2019

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

Current IT systems ā€œcannot support the safe running of screening programmes", Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of
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25 July 2019

Capita admits further administrative errors in cervical screening programme

Some 16 women had missed their screening invites due to an admin error ā€“ but the British Medical Association believes
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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 ā€œurgent priorityā€ and booking an appointment needs to be as ā€œsimple
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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Outdated NHS cancer screening IT systems ‘woefully inadequate’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 ā€œfundamental roleā€ in missed screening
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The NHS cervical cancer screening contract is to be removed from Capita and brought back in house
5 April 2019

‘Unsatisfactory’ Capita to be stripped of cervical screening contract

NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the health service had ā€œnot been satisfiedā€ with the way Capita had handled the
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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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Letter
16 November 2018

Error means 48,000 women have not received cervical cancer screening information

Capita has apologised after it was revealed thousands of women were not sent reminder letters for cervical cancer screening, and
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A young woman looking at a text reminder on her mobile phone
31 July 2018

London CCGs to roll out text reminder service for cervical cancer screening

From August, women registered with GP services in London will begin to receive text messages encouraging them to book screening
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