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.
Professor Anne Mackie
Professor Anne Mackie is the Director of Screening for Public Health England.
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.
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
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Professor Anne Mackie reflects on the hard work and achievements of everyone involved in screening during 2017.
Our latest screening report highlights successes and areas for improvement
Today we’ve published our report that celebrates the influence and achievements of the world-leading NHS screening programmes during 2016 to 2017 (1 April 2016 to 31 March 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.
UK NSC reports on its year of screening recommendations
Screening in the UK: making effective recommendations 2016 to 2017 summarises all the screening recommendations made between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017 and the evidence behind those recommendations.
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.
Could you chair one of our screening programme advisory groups?
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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.