Robert Sherriff

National Operations Lead
Robert Sherriff started working with the UK National Screening Committee in 1996. He led on developing the first set of criteria for appraising the viability of population screening programmes. Following time as a Consultant in Public Health Medicine, he became Director of Public Health (DPH) in Buckinghamshire and then Medical Director / DPH for the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority based in Oxford. Robert returned to screening in 2006 to work on the implementation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening in England.

Robert is now responsible for the operations and developments of all the eleven NHS Screening Programmes in England and in particular focuses on how best to take forward the implementation of new technologies which have been approved by the UK NSC.

Promoting screening and immunisation through the healthy child programme

Sharon Webb and Robert Sherriff, 19 February 2016 - NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme

The 'Healthy child programme to 19: health visitor and school nurse commissioning service specifications and guidance' are now available This suite of 4 documents contains the following commissioning guides: Background...

2016-17 service specifications published for NHS screening programmes

Robert Sherriff, 15 February 2016 - General information

...services under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006. The new screening specifications include changes to the national programmes in 2016-17. The specifications are important reading for those...

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