Screening to reduce or prevent bowel cancer requires expert endoscopists who look into the bowel and find cancers or signs that a patch of bowel (a polyp or adenoma) might develop into cancer.
...to maximise accuracy of test and timeliness of referral remove laboratory accreditation standards (8 and 10) as they are in the service specification (Section 7a) develop an audit tool to...
We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 January to 30 March 2016). The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim …
We have been doing a lot of work to improve the quality and consistency of grading in the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
Bowel scope screening helps reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer.
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) makes recommendations on all aspects of population screening. We make recommendations on more than 100 conditions, including recommendations to screen for more than 30.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening is effective and cost effective in detecting and treating men with AAAs.
All organisations providing NHS care and / or adult social care must now follow the Accessible Information Standard in full.
Here at the PHE Screening helpdesk we aim to provide information and support to stakeholders and users of all our screening services.
On 1 April 2016 we launched the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners.
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