Cancer Screening

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13 March 2025

More than 5,000 vital NHS screenings missed due to IT oversight

An admin error meant more than 5,200 patients weren't invited to routine screening because their details didn't reach the right
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2 May 2023

Lung cancer screening pilot yields promising results in Kent & MedwayĀ Ā Ā 

A flagship NHS lung cancer screening initiative using InfoFlex software has delivered promising early results in Kent and Medway.Ā Ā Ā 
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Breast Cancer Screening
30 October 2019

12 acute GDEs to receive share of Ā£200m investment for cancer tech

Twelve of the acute Global Digital Exemplars (GDEs) are to receive a share of Ā£200m investment to upgrade cancer testing
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21 October 2019

Imaging, robotics and AI to form part of new international cancer research

Charities and universities have teamed up to form the International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection to develop new strategies for
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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Outdated cancer IT systems ‘jeopardising patient care’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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27 September 2019

Boris Johnson pledges Ā£200m for new cancer screening technology

Boris Johnson said the funding will go towards new machines and will be AI enabled to ensure they are AI
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