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The issue was caused by cases where patients' GP registration process hadn't been fully completed by practices, meaning their details did not flow through to NHS screening IT systems to invite eligible people for routine screening.

NHS England says it has issued guidance to GP Practices and Integrated Care Boards to make sure all patient registrations are fully completed, and has put in place new measures to ensure all eligible people are invited for screening.

Stricter checks were brought in last month to require in-person or video consultations, along with information from GP or medical records.

Apart from medication from Terry's GP and a couple of visits from district nurses, "there was nothing", says Gillian.

A Healthwatch Bucks report reveals that although almost two-thirds of migrants said it was easy to register with a GP, a third had not seen a dentist in the UK and only half had visited an optician.