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Deciding how best to roll out HPV testing as the primary cervical screening test

Posted by: Ruth Stubbs, Posted on: 31 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme

Evidence shows that human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is a better way of identifying women at risk of cervical cancer than the cytology (smear) test that examines cells under a microscope.

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New guidance documents support diabetic eye screening services

Posted by: Patrick Rankin, Posted on: 30 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
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The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme helps prevent sight loss in people with diabetes. Screening can detect diabetic retinopathy early, when treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage from the condition.

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One day workshop in health screening

Posted by: Jo Harcombe, Posted on: 27 January 2017 - Categories: General information
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The University of Warwick is again offering a one day workshop in health screening aimed at any staff involved in the provision of NHS screening programmes.

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Revised newborn blood spot screening standards published

Posted by: Christine Cavanagh, Posted on: 26 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

...including the 4 metabolic conditions added in January 2015: maple syrup urine disease isovaleric acidaemia glutaric aciduria type 1 homocystinuria The standards measure important points in the screening journey, including...

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NHS Cervical Screening Programme approves new HPV tests and issues guidance for laboratories

Posted by: Elizabeth Rimmer, Posted on: 25 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme

Cervical screening saves an estimated 5,000 lives a year by detecting abnormalities of the cervix early and referring women for effective treatment.

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Combined amniocentesis and CVS diagnostic tests leaflet published

Posted by: Liane Powell, Posted on: 23 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
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The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) is pleased to launch a new counselling resource leaflet:  ‘Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis: information for parents’.

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening across the UK

Posted by: Jonothan Earnshaw, Posted on: 20 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme

There has always been a great deal of collaboration between the 4 UK countries when it comes to learning how best to implement population screening programmes. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening is no exception.

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Could you chair one of our screening programme advisory groups?

Posted by: Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on: 19 January 2017 - Categories: General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Some of us in Public Health England (PHE), myself included, have worked in screening a long time.

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GPs can help patients engage with bowel cancer screening

Posted by: Dr Jim McMorran, Posted on: 18 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
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Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer deaths.

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PHE and NHS England join forces to help cervical screening laboratories clear backlogs

Posted by: Ruth Stubbs, Posted on: 16 January 2017 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme

Cervical screening prevents cancer by detecting abnormalities of the cervix and referring women for potential treatment.

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