Family handout Louise Gleadell died aged 38 from cervical cancer after being wrongly told her tests were negative in both 2008 and 2012 The family of a mother who died from cervical cancer after twice being wrongly told she had negative results have been awarded undisclosed damages. The misreporting of Louise Gleadell’s cervical screening results … Read more
More than 5,000 people who should have been offered cancer or other types of routine screening did not receive invitations because of an error dating as far back as 2008, NHS England says. Those affected have now been notified and given details of a dedicated helpline for support. About 10 people are thought to have … Read more
Nearly 700,000 women are to be recruited to take part in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial in England. Five different AI platforms will be tested across 30 sites from April to see if the technology can speed up diagnosis as well as free up radiologists. It comes as the government launches … Read more
Erica Donnelly, Jessica Tse, Jack Latham The BBC spoke to six people – including Erica, Jessica and Jack – who have had their first cervical screening in the last six months People not knowing about options to make their cervical screening easier and more comfortable is “costing lives”, a cancer charity warned last month. To … Read more
Getty Images Cervical screening tests save thousands of lives each year in the UK, but many women do not take up invitations for screenings A knowledge gap around cervical screenings is currently “costing lives”, a cancer charity says. The Eve Appeal says more women need to know they can ask for adjustments to their cervical … Read more
File picture of actor Allu Arjun greeting fans in Hyderabad before his arrest on December 13, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Actor Allu Arjun was freed and moved out of the Chanchalguda jail at 6.35 a.m. on Saturday (December 14, 2024), a few hours after the Telangana High Court granted him bail for four weeks. … Read more
The Health Department had rolled out the community-based cancer screening programmes in four districts of Erode, Ranipet, Kanniyakumari and Tirupattur in November 2023. File photograph | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M At a time when Tamil Nadu is taking ahead its community-based organised cancer screening programme, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine is … Read more
BBC Dominika’s one-day-old daughter Emilia is part of the screening programme The entire genetic code of up to 100,000 newborn babies in England will be analysed by the NHS, with the aim of speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of more than 200 rare diseases. At present, newborns are given a heelprick blood test that … Read more
Getty Images/BBC The government in England is planning the biggest reimagining of the NHS in its history. It follows a damning report by surgeon and independent peer Lord Darzi, which warned the health service was in a “critical condition”. The prime minister has said the new 10-year plan will be based on three concepts: greater … Read more
12 hours ago By Aileen Moynagh & Marie-Louise Connolly, BBC News NI health team Getty Images A small number of biomedical scientists are being investigated following fitness to practise concerns relating to cervical screening in the Southern Trust, BBC News NI understands. In October 2023, it emerged smear tests of more than 17,000 women in the trust … Read more