Background All eligible pregnant women in England are offered screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes. Staff must fully complete the laboratory request form with the correct information to enable the screening laboratory to process the sample without delay and …
...the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or General Medical Council (GMC). Unfortunately, this ruled out access for many direct entry student midwives. We therefore worked with the PHE safeguarding team...
I'm the coordinator of the Hertfordshire Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and we were recently awarded a Purple Star for our work with people with learning disabilities.
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Population screening programmes can only improve public health if they correctly identify and then invite everyone who is eligible to be screened.
...of bowel cancer screening letters. I'm Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Screening at Public Health England (PHE). This is my second biannual letter to GPs in England (the first was...
We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the third quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015). KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …
...clinicians, academics, charity representatives and women of cervical screening age. This rigorous process helped to inform the letter and leaflet content, and how it is presented. The new invitation letter...
...make child vision screening fit for purpose for the coming decades and ensure more children like Cameron get the help they need to achieve their educational and social potential. PHE...
Expert graders are central to the success of the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme. They study the digital photographs taken at screening clinics to assess if patients need to remain in routine screening or be referred for closer monitoring …