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Making the grade

Posted by: Lynne Lacey, Posted on: 21 September 2015 - Categories: NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

...in detecting outliers do not incorrectly label good graders as poor by chance because of small numbers Programmes will be able to download the reports from TAT and export them...

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Improving outcomes for babies with genetic disorders

Posted by: Annette McHugh, Cathy Coppinger and Christine Cavanagh, Posted on: 18 September 2015 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme

...for Genes Day. To take part you simply have to wear denim to work or school and make a donation for the chance to do so. PHE screening blog The...

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AAA programme approaches millionth man milestone

Posted by: Lisa Summers, Posted on: 16 September 2015 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme

...cause of death in cases where no cause has been confirmed. We appreciate that this might mean a lot of work chasing post mortem results, death certificates and GP or...

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Cancer screening programmes web content gets a new home

Posted by: TJ Day, Posted on: 14 September 2015 - Categories: NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme

...the NHS Choices website. The change to using NHS Choices and GOV.UK is part of the government’s digital strategy. This aims to reduce the number of government websites so that...

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New virtual view learning for ultrasonographers  

Posted by: Annette McHugh, Posted on: 11 September 2015 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme

...fetal cardiac protocol earlier this year. And it brings to five the number of views ultrasonographers have to take of the heart of the fetus in every pregnant woman at...

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Making screening information accessible to all

Posted by: Denise Dixon, Posted on: 4 September 2015 - Categories: General information

...have now turned this booklet into two easy read publications that can be downloaded from GOV.UK. Screening test when you are pregnant Screening tests for your new baby The easy...

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New blood spot sampling guidelines – give us your views

Posted by: Christine Cavanagh, Posted on: 2 September 2015 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

...current guidelines. We’re now asking for your views on the updates – a consultation on the revised guidelines opens today for four weeks. We are emailing all our stakeholders a...

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Data isn’t boring, it helps improve life-saving services

Posted by: Sharon Webb, Posted on: 28 August 2015 - Categories: NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme

...mother to her baby during pregnancy and birth from person to person through blood and other bodily fluids, including from unprotected sex with an infected person from infected blood by...

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Why cervical screening stops at 64

Posted by: TJ Day, Posted on: 25 August 2015 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme

Every woman looks forward to her cervical screening (‘smear’) test right? OK, so maybe not! Some of you at least will be relieved to know that cervical screening stops at 64. But why is this?

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Home improvements to PHE Screening sites

Posted by: Denise Dixon, Posted on: 21 August 2015 - Categories: General information

...government’s digital strategy to reduce the number of government websites and make it easier for people to find high quality content. Do you know how? The thing is because of...

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