Up to 60,000 cancer test results may have to be reviewed after women wrongly given the all-clear

Up to 60,000 cancer test results may have to be reviewed after women wrongly given the all-clear
Up to 60,000 cancer test results may have to be reviewed after women were found to have been wrongly given the all-clear, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

The failings by NHS screening services could mean more than 1,000 women have been given the wrong result, after errors in one laboratory.

NHS screening services have begun reviewing a sample of cervical cancer screening results, after inspectors raised fears that mistakes were being made. The Telegraph