World Sight Day puts diabetic eye screening in focus
Up to 80% of cases of blindness around the world are avoidable. Each year World Sight Day helps focus our attention on the issues of blindness and visual impairment.
Diabetic eye screening: 4 short videos to help monitor grader performance
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Shelley Widdowson, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
Our success in diabetic eye screening depends on our ability to accurately grade the retinal images we capture at screening clinics.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme offers funded places for counselling courses
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Cathy Coppinger, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
...practical applications of genetics in health care, including: genetic testing prevention of genetic disorders prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling Course dates (students to attend all 4 dates): 12 to 13...
Need some help making the most of the newborn blood spot failsafe system?
...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gq8eJusVZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mrwj9dXDNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNmEeO_fM6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYT9Je2H-7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfs5uaQFYIo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NbxYFSQqwg If YouTube is blocked in your trust and you can't see the videos above then you can also access them on our CPD website....
Hear all about it: AAA screening's successes and challenges
I’m Jonothan Earnshaw, clinical lead of the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme, and in this audio blog I’ll be updating you on the programme's successes and challenges.
New screening leaflet for babies in special care units: order now
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Denise Dixon, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
...babies in special care units. It also includes information on differences in follow-on care for premature babies after infectious diseases in pregnancy screening. You should order enough leaflets to give...
Sign up for a masterclass to find out exactly what screening is and is not
We're running more of our popular screening masterclass events over the coming weeks and months.
Primary care population screening update, autumn 2015
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Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Prostate cancer risk management
Download the primary care screening letter. I'm Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Screening at PHE. This is our first letter to GPs in England. We know you're busy – we...
Do you know where to find cancer screening web content now?
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TJ Day, Posted on:
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NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
...site will no longer work. The screening homepage on GOV.UK listing all 11 population screening programmes In addition to guidance documents, GOV.UK now hosts the screening information leaflets sent out...
Can't get an accurate nuchal translucency measurement? Don't let women miss out
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Sheila Miller, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
The screening quality assurance service (SQAS) is responsible for assuring the quality of all NHS screening programmes. An important aspect of this role is to ensuring that learning from screening incidents is shared among all local screening providers.