Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, responding to the news that more than 40,000 women in England have not received information regarding cervical cancer screening, said:

“Capita’s list of failings is a long one, but today’s news is deeply disturbing. Thousands of women will be left in anxiety and worry as a result.

“Enough is enough. Capita need to be stripped of this contact, services brought in House and a minister must come to the Commons to offer women the urgent reassurance they deserve.”