Government "losing grip" on health screening

Government "losing grip" on health screening Health screening is an important way of identifying potentially life-threatening illnesses at an early stage. Yet the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department), NHS England and Public Health England (the national health bodies) are not doing enough to make sure that everyone who is eligible to take part in screening is doing so, and do not know if everyone who should be invited for screening has been. Public Account Select Committee 

See also:

• MPs brand NHS cancer screening programmes 'unfit for purpose' The Daily Mail
• NHS accused of 'losing its grip'on cancer screening as checks fall  The Daily Telegraph
• All heart and cancer screening programmes in England missed targets last year, MPs warn The Independent
• More than 1.25m women waited too long for cervical screening results, damning report finds ITV News