Another year has rolled by and it’s time for the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) team to get on the road and engage with you all again.
The 2015 to 2016 screening year – 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 – was particularly exciting and productive for the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
...Imaging Workforce Survey Report (2016) published on the Royal College of Radiologists website. Two-thirds of screening services responded to the survey. The key messages from the report make alarming reading...
The East of England regional AAA screening group held a successful networking and CPD event at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
...all NHS screening programmes – replacing our previously published newsletters. You can register to receive updates direct to your inbox, so there’s no need to keep checking for new blogs....
...that the blood has soaked through to the back of the filter paper don’t add multiple small drops of blood to fill the circle don’t apply blood to both sides...
I lead on learning disabilities for the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi). It's important to note that all organisations providing NHS or public funded adult social care must have fully implemented the Accessible Information Standard by the end of July.
...and my own office. “I’m your woman,” I replied. The interview was tough but I got the job. In those days, women attended antenatal screening clinics on a Tuesday morning...
I work as a QA advisor in the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) in the north of England. I thought it would be worth reminding all those commissioning or working in diabetic eye screening programmes of the current situation around training …
June 2016 heralded the first birthday of the PHE Screening blog and what a fruitful year of blogging it has been.