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Annual call for new screening programmes open
It's the time of year when we throw open the doors of the UK National Screening Committee to ideas for new population screening programmes.
Professor Anne Mackie
Professor Anne Mackie is the Director of Programmes for the UK National Screening Committee.
Anne has worked in Public Health for nearly 20 years across London and the South East. Previous roles have included medical director of the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group, Director of Public Health in Kent and Director of Public Health in South West London. Latterly Anne was Director of Public Health for London SHA before taking on her current post in August 2007. She lives in London with her partner and their daughter.
Our child vision screening resources - a year on
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.
GP and social scientist needed to join UK National Screening Committee
As many readers of this blog will know, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the NHS about population screening. It is currently chaired by Professor Bob Steele, Director of Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, …
UK NSC reports on its year of screening recommendations
We have published the latest annual report of the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendations on whether to screen for conditions based on reviews of the best quality evidence.
PHE Screening’s inequalities strategy launched
Reducing inequalities is one of the main aims of Public Health England. So I'm really pleased to launch the PHE Screening inequalities strategy.
Thank you for all of your hard work this year
Professor Anne Mackie reflects on the hard work and achievements of everyone involved in screening during 2017.
Vision screening comes of age – new resources now available
Today we’ve published – after several years of hard work by many talented people – a large set of resources that can help providers ensure high quality local screening services.
Screening inequalities and what we’re doing about them
Dr Anne Mackie, Director of PHE Screening, explains how inequalities affect screening and what actions we are taking to understand and address these differences.
Is there a health condition we should consider for screening?
The annual call is your opportunity to make a proposal for a new topic to be considered by the UK NSC as part of its regular review process.
Help us improve child vision screening: consultation now open
I’m delighted to report that following the sterling work of our child vision group, we are now consulting on all the draft resources they have produced.