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.

The UK National Screening Committee: Positive Recommendations

Professor Anne Mackie, 15 January 2016 - NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee

Back in July I wrote about the recommendations made by the UK NSC in March 2015 and why saying no to screening can be a good thing as it means we can avoid harm to people and ensure that money …

Reports celebrate exciting and productive year for NHS screening programmes

Professor Anne Mackie, 9 December 2015 - General information, UK National Screening Committee

Today we have published two reports that summarise a memorable year for screening in England and the UK.

Primary care population screening update, autumn 2015

Professor Anne Mackie, 2 November 2015 - General information, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Prostate cancer risk management

Download the primary care screening letter. I'm Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Screening at PHE. This is our first letter to GPs in England. We know you're busy – we plan to send just 2 of these a year. They contain …

New UK National Screening Committee evidence process published

Professor Anne Mackie, 21 October 2015 - General information, UK National Screening Committee

At the start of the year we made a commitment to the parliamentary Science and Technology Committee to produce a document explaining how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) goes about collecting and analysing evidence, consulting and making recommendations …

Are you coming to our first ever UK NSC conference?

Professor Anne Mackie, 6 October 2015 - UK National Screening Committee

We often talk in this blog about how vital it is that great care is taken when considering screening programmes in the NHS. This is where the UK National Screening Committee comes in – the committee is a group of …

Listening to what people think of the UK National Screening Committee

Professor Anne Mackie, 28 July 2015 - UK National Screening Committee

I'm sure we'd all say that it's important to listen but sometimes we only do it with half an ear – or perhaps not at all.

Why saying no to screening can be a good thing

Professor Anne Mackie, 8 July 2015 - UK National Screening Committee

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) meets three times a year to consider the evidence on whether the UK countries should screen for more conditions. It makes recommendations to the governments of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Cancer and non-cancer screening joining forces

Professor Anne Mackie, 24 June 2015 - General information

Sharing public health expertise When we became part of PHE back in April 2013, it was the first time that the national cancer and non-cancer screening programmes had been part of the same organisation.

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