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Did you miss any of our screening blogs in September 2018?

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Have a quick look to check if you missed any of the 12 screening blogs we published in September 2018.

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening

How we’ve embraced the new health screener diploma

Dorset and Wiltshire abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme manager Debbie Munro has enjoyed assessing learners who have successfully completed the level 3 health screener diploma.

Reaccreditation of AAA screeners: new dates out now

The University of Salford has published 16 dates for reaccreditation sessions for AAA screening technicians from October 2018 to February 2020.

Antenatal and newborn screening

Easy guides for pregnant women with learning disabilities well received

The Screening tests for you and your baby: easy guides have been well received by health professionals and the public, an evaluation project has found.

Bowel cancer screening

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my first few months as national bowel cancer screening programme manager

Karen Emery-Downing reflects on her first few months as national programme manager of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

Cervical screening

Cervical screening consolidated standards out

We have just published our new consolidated screening standards for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.

Diabetic eye screening

New easy guide aims to improve access to diabetic eye screening

PHE Screening has published an updated version of our easy guide to diabetic eye screening to help make screening more accessible to people who have a learning disability or who struggle with written English.

Fetal anomaly screening

National fetal anomaly screening guidance updated

PHE screening has updated NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) guidance handbooks to help ensure local screening services meet national standards.

NIPT implementation: how professionals felt about our face-to-face training and development events

More than 400 delegates attended 8 training events across England ahead of an evaluative rollout of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to the fetal anomaly screening pathway.

General information

Scales with people on each side to illustrate the fact that the UK NSC must weigh up the evidence about the benefits and drawbacks of screening.
The UK NSC weighs up the evidence about the benefits and drawbacks of screening to make expert recommendations

GP and social scientist needed to join UK National Screening Committee

Are you a GP or social scientist who would like to join the UK's expert screening committee? Find out more in our blog.

Sign up now for one of our screening masterclasses

Book your place now on a screening masterclasses this autumn.

Newborn blood spot screening

Explaining repeat newborn blood spot tests to parents

We've just updated guidance about repeat tests for the newborn blood spot programme.

School entry screening

National eye health week - a year since our child vision screening resources were published

It's hard to believe that it was almost a year ago when we published the suite of resources to support the commissioning and delivery of high quality vision screening for 4 to 5 year olds in England.

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