Today we have published new national guidance for health professionals to support people with learning disabilities to understand and access the NHS screening programmes.
The new guidance has useful information and resources for local providers and commissioners of any of the 11 NHS population screening programmes.
You can access Population screening: supporting people with learning disabilities now.
The guidance includes sections on:
- informed choice
- barriers to screening
- improving access to screening
- working with primary care
The new publication includes information from NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), antenatal and newborn, bowel cancer, breast and cervical screening resources that were developed in collaboration with screening and learning disability health professionals and service users.
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