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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-11-14more like thismore than 2018-11-14
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Department of Health and Social Care remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Cervical Cancer: Screening more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent system errors occurring in the correspondence sent to women relating to cervical cancer screening. more like this
tabling member constituency Blackburn more like this
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Kate Hollern more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-11-20more like thismore than 2018-11-20
answer text <p>Following the recent cervical screening incident, announced on 15 November 2018, Capita has confirmed they have put in place daily audits to ensure all women’s files are accounted for and are looking at how automated processes can be used to reduce errors. Additionally, the checks within the Capita call and recall service have been upgraded at every stage of the process and Capita has appointed an independent audit team to carry out a detailed review into operation systems and processes in Primary Care Support England.</p><p> </p><p>I laid a Written Ministerial Statement on 15 November, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-11-15/HCWS1086/" target="_blank">HCWS1086</a>, explaining the incident and the steps being taken to address it, offering reassurances to the women affected. All individual women affected have been written to directly and Capita has issued an apology.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has set up a multiagency clinical panel to manage the response to the incident and, separately, has announced an independent expert review into cancer screening programmes.</p>
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
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4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
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answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Kate Hollern more like this