Breast screening errors may have led to 74 premature deaths

Jeremy Hunt acknowledged the harm caused to tens of thousands of people by IT failings that persisted for nearly a decade.Mistakes in the breast screening process had a “devastating impact” on the lives of a large number of women and may have led to the premature deaths of as many as 74, the health secretary has admitted.While the estimate – initially feared to be in the hundreds – was lowered on Monday, Jeremy Hunt nevertheless acknowledged the harm caused to tens of tho