The successful delivery of NHS screening programmes is suffering due to poor and outdated IT, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found. The report comes after ...

Potentially life-saving scans for men were carried out at Bolton Wanderers Stadium this week for the little-known condition Aortic Abdominal Aneurysms (AAA). The NHS AAA Screening programme teamed up ...

For lots of older men working in industry or large factories, having an abdominal aortic aneurysm (or AAA for short) screening appointment may not be at the top of their ‘to do’ list. Although the NHS ...

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is encouraging men over 65 years and who live in Ayrshire and Arran to attend their Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening appointment. AAA screening is the simplest and best ...

About 10 people are thought to have died after a blunder meant they were not invited to NHS screening programmes, it has emerged. And up to 10 people have been diagnosed with cancer which may have ...

Three-quarters of eligible men invited for a screening for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Frimley and the surrounding areas received the potentially life-saving test this year, new figures show. The ...

It took more than 40 minutes to bring a dad-of-two back to life after he collapsed due to a condition he had 'no idea' about - but could have been identified by a little-known, 10-minute scan. Ian ...