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Looking after the health of our mammography workforce

Posted by: Claire Borrelli, Posted on: 22 October 2018 - Categories: NHS Breast Screening Programme

We have published new good practice guidance for ergonomics in breast screening mammography for employers and employees.

Guide to 2018/19 screening specifications

NHS England has published the 2018 to 2019 service specifications - important reading for those involved in the commissioning and provision of screening services in England.

Importance of feedback in newborn hearing screening

Posted by: Lynne Grey and Jenny Neal, Posted on: 9 October 2018 - Categories: NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme

My name is Lynne Grey (3rd from right) and I am a newborn hearing screening co-ordinator. I want to share something we did in the Northamptonshire hospital I work in to promote the importance of newborn hearing screening - and the feedback we did afterwards.

Testing, testing 123 - new IT system on its way for newborn and infant physical examination screening

Posted by: Jill Walker, Posted on: 8 October 2018 - Categories: NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

The launch of the new IT system for the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) is planned for spring 2019. An enthusiastic expert group met in Nottingham for 2 days of intensive testing of the new IT system, SMaRT4NIPE (S4N).

New guidance for breast screening services on recording vacuum-assisted excisions

Posted by: Emma O'Sullivan, Posted on: 8 October 2018 - Categories: NHS Breast Screening Programme

The NHS Breast Screening Programme has published new guidance on recording vacuum-assisted excisions, aimed at screening office staff, pathologists and healthcare staff who carry out the procedures.

Did you miss any of our screening blogs in September 2018?

Posted by: Andrew Anderson, Posted on: 4 October 2018 - Categories: General information

Have a quick look to check you haven't missed any screening blogs from September 2018.

Say hello to us at the Royal College of Midwives conference!

Posted by: Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on: 4 October 2018 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme

This year’s Royal College of Midwives (RCM) conference starts today in Manchester with more than 3,500 delegates attending. PHE Screening has a stand where we will be updating delegates on all the antenatal and newborn national screening programmes and answering any questions they may have.

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