LONDON: As many as 270 ladies's lives could have been shortened after an IT failure in England's breast cancer screening programme intended 450,000 patients were not invited for appointments, Britain's health minister mentioned on Wednesday.
Jeremy Hunt apologised in parliament for the "serious failure," which he mentioned was the results of a mistake in a computer gadget's set of rules, and ordered an impartial assessment.
"Our current best estimate, which comes with caveats ... is that there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result," he mentioned.
"Tragically there are likely to be some people in this group who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened."
Britain's state-funded National Health Service (NHS), which supplies unfastened healthcare to all of the inhabitants, is among the nation's most well liked establishments.
However, it's sometimes hit through disasters and scandals which resonate extensively throughout society as almost everyone receives NHS care all over their lives.
The IT error happened in 2009 however only got here to gentle in January this 12 months, Hunt mentioned.
Of the 450,000 ladies affected, 150,000 have died. The remaining ladies are now of their 70s.
"For them and others it is incredibly upsetting to know that you did not receive an invitation for screening at the correct time and totally devastating to hear you may have lost or be about to lose a loved one because of administrative incompetence," mentioned Hunt.
Women in England between the ages of 50 and 70 are normally invited for breast cancer screening every 3 years. The IT failure intended that the women affected missed out on a routine appointment earlier than their 70th birthday.
Cancer Research UK, a non-governmental organisation, mentioned the inside track was very regarding and instructed any woman over 50 who had no longer had a mammogram within the closing 3 years to book an appointment.
In the previous worst NHS affected person care scandal, regarding poor practices at a small health facility within the English county of Staffordshire, an estimated 400 to 1,200 patients died between 2005 and 2009 as a result of inadequate care.
England's breast screening failure follows unrelated news in Ireland closing week that more than 200 cervical cancer take a look at effects must have resulted in earlier intervention.
The Irish govt mentioned 17 of the patients concerned have since died, even though it has no longer yet established the cause of loss of life, and an extra 1,500 ladies who developed cervical cancer during the last 10 years didn't have their circumstances reviewed.
The govt has ordered a statutory investigation into the scandal, which has ruled political debate and shaken confidence within the Irish health service.
Jeremy Hunt apologised in parliament for the "serious failure," which he mentioned was the results of a mistake in a computer gadget's set of rules, and ordered an impartial assessment.
"Our current best estimate, which comes with caveats ... is that there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result," he mentioned.
"Tragically there are likely to be some people in this group who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened."
Britain's state-funded National Health Service (NHS), which supplies unfastened healthcare to all of the inhabitants, is among the nation's most well liked establishments.
However, it's sometimes hit through disasters and scandals which resonate extensively throughout society as almost everyone receives NHS care all over their lives.
The IT error happened in 2009 however only got here to gentle in January this 12 months, Hunt mentioned.
Of the 450,000 ladies affected, 150,000 have died. The remaining ladies are now of their 70s.
"For them and others it is incredibly upsetting to know that you did not receive an invitation for screening at the correct time and totally devastating to hear you may have lost or be about to lose a loved one because of administrative incompetence," mentioned Hunt.
Women in England between the ages of 50 and 70 are normally invited for breast cancer screening every 3 years. The IT failure intended that the women affected missed out on a routine appointment earlier than their 70th birthday.
Cancer Research UK, a non-governmental organisation, mentioned the inside track was very regarding and instructed any woman over 50 who had no longer had a mammogram within the closing 3 years to book an appointment.
In the previous worst NHS affected person care scandal, regarding poor practices at a small health facility within the English county of Staffordshire, an estimated 400 to 1,200 patients died between 2005 and 2009 as a result of inadequate care.
England's breast screening failure follows unrelated news in Ireland closing week that more than 200 cervical cancer take a look at effects must have resulted in earlier intervention.
The Irish govt mentioned 17 of the patients concerned have since died, even though it has no longer yet established the cause of loss of life, and an extra 1,500 ladies who developed cervical cancer during the last 10 years didn't have their circumstances reviewed.
The govt has ordered a statutory investigation into the scandal, which has ruled political debate and shaken confidence within the Irish health service.
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