Health
Patient-led screening reviews the right approach, says cancer expert
The Patient Safety Bill’s approach has been approved by the oncologist chair of the expert reference group on interval cancers in CervicalCheck
A controversial government plan to require cancer patients to request details of their screening history is the correct approach, a leading expert has said.
Under the Patient Safety Bill, patients who develop cancer after undergoing screening will be granted full disclosure of their screening history if they request a review. Programme-wide audits of screening programmes will be anonymised, however, and not subject to open disclosure.
The failure to properly disclose the results of of a ...
