Lizzie Tempest

Lizzie started working in public health in 2007 in the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the south west, as an epidemiology and surveillance analyst of infectious diseases, including data for infectious diseases in pregnancy. She transferred over to PHE at its inception in 2012, later becoming a senior analyst with a focus on sexual and reproductive health data. Lizzie joined the PHE screening team in 2015 as the national screening data and information manager for the key performance indicators (KPIs). Lizzie lives in Gloucestershire, and in her spare time enjoys running, attempting to craft things, and a weekly board games playing group with friends.

Latest KPI figures (2016 to 2017 Q2) show how screening programmes are performing

Lizzie Tempest, 15 February 2017 - General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 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

Today we published the key performance indicator (KPI) data for the second quarter of 2016 to 2017 (Q2, July to September 2016). The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …

Latest figures on how screening programmes are performing

Lizzie Tempest, 13 December 2016 - General information

We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) data for the first quarter of 2016 to 2017 (1 April 2016 to 30 June 2016).

Screening key performance indicators: publication of 2015 to 2016 annual data

Lizzie Tempest, 9 November 2016 - General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 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, Screening Quality Assurance Service

We have published the annual data for the non-cancer screening key performance indicators (KPIs) for the 2015 to 2016 screening year (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016).

Screening key performance indicators: publication of quarter 4 2015 to 2016 data and other updates

Lizzie Tempest, 24 August 2016 - General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 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

We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 January to 30 March 2016). The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim …

Quarter 3 KPI screening data published

Lizzie Tempest, 19 May 2016 - General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 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

We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the third quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015). KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …

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