Up to 270 women may have died as a result of a major NHS computer error which saw 450,000 denied breast cancer screening.
Jeremy Hunt has announced an independent inquiry into breast cancer screening after the emergence of the blunders, affecting older women due screening since 2009.
The NHS screens all women between the ages of 50 and 70 for breast cancer every three years.
They should receive a letter from their GP about the test which aims to catch cancer early, when it is easier to treat.
But around 450,000 women aged 68 and over did not receive an invitation for screening.
Since then, around 150,000 have since died, many of other illnesses.
But today the Health Secretary said up to...