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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Ten died of cancer after NHS blunder in England meant they were not invited for screening

A doctor looks at an X-ray.
Health officials failed to invite more than 5,000 patients in total for routine checks. Photograph: Marina Krasnokutska/Alamy

Ten people have died from cancer and up to 10 more have been diagnosed with the disease after a blunder meant they were not invited to NHS screening programmes.

Health officials failed to invite more than 5,000 patients in total for routine checks after an IT error affected bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening programmes, as well as abdominal aortic aneurysm screening.

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