Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 10 people are thought to have died after a blunder meant they were not invited to NHS screening programmes, it has emerged.

Greater Manchester’s Let’s Talk Boobs project wins an NHS Excellence Award for improving breast screening awareness ...

A new initiative is set to offer women in England the option of performing cervical screening tests at home, aimed at boosting uptake and combating cervical cancer. The move targets those who have ...

NHS cancer screening will be radically overhauled after two major scandals put thousands at risk. Health bosses admitted it was time to review current checks for breast, bowel and cervical cancers.

Health officials said more than 5,000 patients were not invited for routine screening dating back to 2008 after an IT error affected the bowel, breast and cervical ...

Women aged 25 to 49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will be invited to cervical screening every five years instead of every three, under new NHS guidelines. The change, set to take ...

The NHS has revealed it will introduce more personalised screening for HPV, a virus which causes nearly all cervical cancers. The move aims to spare women from screenings they don't need, while giving ...

Breast, bowel and cervical tests are free after certain ages THOUSANDS of cancer cases are being missed among people ignoring NHS screening invitations, figures suggest. Cancer Research UK said the ...

NHS England has launched its first-ever breast cancer awareness campaign aimed at highlighting the benefits of screening for the disease. The drive, supported by Breast Cancer Now, comes as a new NHS ...