At least 1,700 patients may have been harmed by an administrative blunder that saw thousands of patient records in NHS England put into storage.

Officials said the number was likely to rise, as a third of the 700,000 cases identified had yet to be reviewed.

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Cancer test results, child protection notes and medication advice were among the notes that went missing.

The National Audit Office also said there were serious questions to answer, external about the handling of the incident.

The company, NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), was employed in the East Midlands, South West and north-west London to redirect mail for the health service.

It will be rather cloudy in the morning with a few showers here and there.

More intense and longer-lasting showers will arrive in the afternoon.

Highs of 22C (72F)

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Remaining dry through the evening with the best of any clearer intervals in the east.

It will be mild overnight with temperatures holding up in double figures.

Minimum Temperature: 14C (57F).