Newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot under way
...38,000 newborn babies. This is likely to identify around 300 babies with heart problems. The NIPE team has worked with the 15 pilot site trusts who have now either aligned...
Listening to what people think of the UK National Screening Committee
...to so many people who have so many different perspectives on screening. It's helped out to refine our understanding and description of what distinguishes systematic population screening programmes from other...
Exciting developments with blood spot failsafe
...example: There has been one record that I wanted to make you aware of which was for a baby born at [hospital]. They failed to notify [neighbouring community team] of...
What’s new in the fetal anomaly screening programme?
...and the other for T18 / T13. A risk cut-off determines those women who are in the ‘higher risk’ group and considered ‘screen positive’ – this is currently set at...
12 months of screening achievements
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Population screening programmes provide compelling evidence that early intervention reduces the burden of disease and improves health.
Key performance indicators: what does the latest data show?
In our blog last week, we introduced the key performance indicators for screening and how they can help drive local improvements in screening services. In this follow-up blog, we’re going to look at the last KPI data we published.
7 years of newborn hearing screening data
The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) has helped to find thousands of babies with hearing loss since it started. We’ve just published a summary of the first 7 full years of data in the International Journal of Audiology so …
Key performance indicators: what are they all about?
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are used by many organisations including Public Health England to see if they’re meeting their objectives. But what exactly are they, how do they work and what value do they add for people delivering screening services? …
Why saying no to screening can be a good thing
...the governments of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Recommendations usually get published 6 weeks after each UK NSC meeting to give enough time for ministers in each country to...
Choices, choices, choices
We offer screening tests to millions of people every year, male and female, at every stage of life. But we only do so if the evidence proves that screening does more good than harm for the population as a whole. …
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