Spain on Wednesday searched for answers to public outrage at a healthcare scandal after authorities in the Andalusia region failed to inform thousands of women of their breast cancer screening results.

The southern region's conservative-run government said around 2,000 women had in recent years not been informed of the results of mammograms carried out in public hospitals.

These results concerned inconclusive procedures that would have led to follow-up tests, potentially missing cancer cases and the chance to treat the women.

Regions are responsible for public healthcare in Spain's decentralised political system.

But the scandal spilt over into the national arena, with far-left Health Minister Monica Garcia saying on social media she had required all the regions to submit cancer screen

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