Outsourcing firms could be banned from carrying out NHS cancer screening services Outsourcing companies could be banned from carrying out NHS cancer screening services following scandals where thousands of women were not invited for vital checks.
Health chiefs will launch a major national overhaul of cancer screening programmes with aim of cutting the number of deaths of patients whose diseases could have been caught earlier.
The announcement follows revelations that up to 48,500 women did not receive information regarding cervical cancer screening after a system error at Capita, which is contracted to provide support services across England. The Daily Telegraph
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