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Government’s plans for NHS set out in Queen’s Speech

The Government will reform mental health rules, aim to clear the NHS backlog caused by the Covid pandemic, and give a renewed focus to women’s health, according to the Queen’s Speech. In previously-announced reforms, the Prince of Wales set out how ...

10 May 2022 at 12:55

Women urged to attend breast screening to catch cancer early

Women are being urged to attend breast cancer screening after new data for England showed four in 10 do not accept their appointments. Data published by NHS Digital shows that, while the number of women screened in England has risen to a record ...

16 Feb 2023 at 12:48

New NHS ‘ping and book’ service will encourage women to attend cancer screening

A new “ping and book” service to encourage women to attend cervical and breast cancer screening appointments is being rolled out on the NHS in England, its chief executive has said. Amanda Pritchard told the NHS Providers’ annual conference in ...

12 Nov 2024 at 17:17

‘Double testing’ helps identify more bowel cancer cases

Bowel cancer screening programmes could be more accurate if people perform the test twice, a new study suggests. Academics from the University of Edinburgh found that the test – which looks for hidden blood in faeces – becomes nearly 100% ...

17 May 2023 at 16:52

Alarm over dip in cancer screening

A leading health charity has sounded the alarm over a dip in the proportion of people taking up the offer for cancer screening as new figures show how effective the tests are at catching cancers early. Cancer Research UK analysis show ...

19 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Sunak defends cancer services after report finds NHS lagging behind peers

Rishi Sunak has insisted an expansion of lung cancer screening will save thousands of lives after a report found the NHS is performing “substantially less well” on life expectancy than foreign health services. The Government has ...

26 Jun 2023 at 14:49

Shortage of mammographers ‘could put women at risk’ – experts

Women with breast cancer are being put at risk because of a shortage of staff who can deliver specialist scans, leading radiographers have said. The Society of Radiographers warned that a shortage of mammographers in the NHS in ...

15 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Cancer caught quickly for 5,000 Britons thanks to NHS mobile screening trucks

Britons who are at risk of developing lung cancer will now have more chances to get checked out earlier thanks to NHS mobile scanning trucks, dispatched to communities across England with the highest rates of lung disease. ...

08 Nov 2024 at 07:37

Scotland

Number of women up to date on cervical screening drops, figures show

The number of eligible women screened for cervical cancer has dropped in the past year, according to new statistics. In Scotland, women aged between 25 and 49 years old are invited for cervical screenings every three ...

30 May 2023 at 12:14

Government ‘looking carefully’ at launching routine prostate cancer screening

The Government is “looking carefully” at introducing routine screening for prostate cancer as developments in technology are making diagnosis more effective, a health minister has said. Andrew Gwynne also pledged to ...

04 Feb 2025 at 15:11

Local News

Western Trust launches Breast Cancer Screening Service appointment app – Connect West

The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) Breast Cancer Screening Service has launched a new Appointment App called Connect West which allows women more flexibility regarding their mammogram ...

23 Feb 2023 at 09:33

800,000 more people to be invited to carry out home bowel cancer checks

More than 800,000 more people in England are to be invited to do at-home checks for bowel cancer, NHS officials have said. NHS England said that adults over the age of 54 are to be sent at-home screening ...

19 Dec 2023 at 12:10

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