For lung cancer it's 74. For breast cancer, 70. And for cervical cancer it's just 64. So why does the NHS impose age limits on health screening that could save older people's lives?

People over the age of 74 are excluded from routine NHS lung cancer screening, as are women over 70 from routine breast screening, and you won't be given the shingles jab if you're 80 or above.

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