Thousands of calls made to breast screen error helpline More than 8,000 calls have been made to a helpline since it was revealed that 450,000 women were not invited to routine breast cancer screening due to a computer error.
Public Health England says it was not aware of a national problem with the screening programme until January.
But the BBC understands that two NHS trusts in England raised concerns about IT issues as early as March 2017.
They were told the problems were a local - not national - matter. BBC News
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Public Health England says it was not aware of a national problem with the screening programme until January.
But the BBC understands that two NHS trusts in England raised concerns about IT issues as early as March 2017.
They were told the problems were a local - not national - matter. BBC News
See also:
- Breast screening: Is the NHS programme working? BBC News
- Breast cancer helplines overwhelmed amid calls for health chief to quit over screening scandal The Daily Telegraph
- Breast cancer victim tells of her anger after waiting an hour to get through to NHS helpline The Daily Telegraph
- In the NHS breast-screening scandal, first priority must be the women The Guardian
- Jeremy Hunt's rhetoric over breast cancer screening looks overheated The Guardian
- The cancer screening scandal is no surprise – older women are too often ignored The Guardian
- Breast cancer screening scandal could cost £100m in compensation, lawyers warn The Independent
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