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New screening e-learning platform is now live
New screening e-learning platform is now live
After months of hard work, e-learning for the NHS Screening Programmes is now available on the e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) website.
No more PHE Screening blog articles until after election
In the coming weeks, you will notice that it’s much quieter than usual on the PHE Screening blog.
EQA (external quality assessment) in cervical screening: what's it all about?
The breast, bowel and cervical screening programmes require consultant pathologists and other specialist laboratory staff to take part in ‘external quality assessment’ or EQA. But what is EQA exactly?
Addition of Eklund technique improves screening for women with breast implants
The Eklund technique is an internationally recognised method to improve the detection of breast cancer in women with breast implants. It is already used in services in Australia, the USA and some other countries to promote high quality breast screening and …
Consolidated breast screening standards published
We have published the new consolidated standards for the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
Diabetic eye screening pathway standards revised
We have updated the national diabetic eye screening (DES) pathway standards.
Guidance on supporting agency sonographers for fetal anomaly screening
If you work in ultrasound or radiology you will be well aware there’s a national shortage of trained staff. Many ultrasound departments rely on agency sonographers.
Submitting antenatal screening coverage KPI data just got easier
We use key performance indicator (KPI) data to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: fathers matter
We offer screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) to all pregnant women. We also offer to screen the baby’s biological father if the mother is found to be a carrier of or have a sickle cell or thalassaemia condition.
New look NIPE e-learning on the way
The NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme’s e-learning is being revamped.
New e-learning module for screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes
The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) offers screening to pregnant women so they can find out how likely it is that their baby has Down’s (Trisomy 21 or T21), Edwards’ (T18) or Patau’s (T13) syndromes or one of a …