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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

NHS England boss to say cervical cancer can be eliminated by 2040

Amanda Pritchard
Amanda Pritchard’s announcement is thought to be the first time any NHS leader, senior doctor or health minister has hailed the possibility of banishing a form of cancer within a set time period. Photograph: Tom Nicholson/AFP/Getty Images

Cervical cancer can be eliminated in England by 2040, saving thousands of women’s lives, the head of NHS England will say on Wednesday.

A combination of HPV vaccination and screening for the disease means that elimination of it is a realistic ambition, Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, will say.

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