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Reviews / 2019

Independent reviewPublishedWhole systemEngland

Report of the independent review of adult screening programmes in England

Professor Sir Mike Richards · work from 2018 · published 2019

What this was

Independent review of adult screening after a series of incidents in which people were not invited. It found ageing IT, split governance, and no single owner for making screening safe.

Why it sits in the hub

It is a clean example of the data-and-governance theme outside maternity: a national programme, a failing computer system, and delayed harm that was hard to see locally.

Findings

  1. Finding 1

    Governance of screening was split, and IT failures meant people were missed.

    Data and early warningDigital and informationRegulation and oversight

Recommendations in this hub

Paraphrase of the public recommendations, not the official text.

  1. 1Partly doneNHS England

    Give screening a single senior owner and replace obsolete IT.

    Digital and informationLeadership and boards
  2. 2Partly doneNHS England

    Be open with people who were not invited, and offer them a route back into the programme.

    CandourListening to patients and families