breast cancer

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Healthcare search
5 December 2018

Trust in ‘Dr Google’ varies when it comes to breast cancer symptoms

A study, carried out by researchers from the University of Surrey, investigated whether women who sought health information online found
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Breast Cancer Screening
1 November 2018

Facebook breast cancer screening campaign proves successful

The local initiative, led by NHS Digital, resulted in a 13% increase in the number of women in Stoke-on-Trent attending
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Amazon Alexa
30 October 2018

Breast Cancer Care launches Alexa tool to help women spot key signs

Addie Mitchell from BCC has told Digital Health News she hopes the digital tool will help give women the confidence
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25 October 2018

Wave 2 of NHS Test Beds takes aim at diabetes and A&E admissions

Seven sites have been selected to run trials of digital initiatives designed to address healthcare challenges in the NHS.
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5 June 2018

Hunt reveals revised breast cancer IT scandal figures

The number of women who may have had their lives shortened due to an IT error affecting the breast cancer
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Breast Cancer Screening
31 May 2018

Breast cancer screening error ‘may have affected thousands more’

Professor Peter Sasieni, a cancer screening and prevention researcher at King’s College London, has claimed the error could date back
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Breast Cancer Screening
15 May 2018

PwC to conduct internal review of breast cancer screening programme after IT error

A spokesperson for Public Health England said it had "commissioned help from PWC to support our work on the breast
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10 May 2018

Almost 14,000 women contact breast cancer helpline after IT error revealed

Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that "no stone will be left unturned in uncovering the truth" behind the
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3 May 2018

National media frenzy follows breast cancer IT scandal announcement

Reactions have been pouring in to the news that a 'computer algorithm failure' which dated back to 2009 resulted in
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Jeremy Hunt
2 May 2018

Hunt: IT error ‘could have cut short the lives of up to 270 women’

Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Health and Social Care Secretary said the affected group of women
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