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Evening Standard
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Jane Kirby

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

The new service is being rolled out across the NHS in England (Alamy/PA) -

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 Liverpool the tech in the NHS app could “potentially save thousands more lives” and improve access to vital screening.

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