Thousands of patients may have missed vital cancer screening and jabs in a fresh NHS scandal dating back up to a decade, it has emerged.

Health officials are investigating concerns that adults who should have been invited for breast and bowel cancer screening were not issued with invitations, and that children missed out on crucial jabs.

An urgent probe is underway with new Health Secretary Matt Hancock due to be updated on the scale of the risks on Monday.

The concerns are set to be the first healthcare scandal to emerge since he took office last month in the latest cabinet reshuffle.

It comes just three months after the breast cancer screening scandal where his predecessor, Jeremy Hunt, apologised for errors that were estimated to have caused up to 75 deaths.