Sarah Perman

Sarah is the Head of Screening QA (South of England) and national incident lead

Working together to improve our approach to NHS screening incidents

Sarah Perman, 3 March 2021 - General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service

PHE's plans for reviewing and improving the approach to incidents in the NHS screening programmes and preparing for the new NHS patient safety incident response framework.

New e-learning module on screening incidents

Sarah Perman, 16 September 2019 - Screening Quality Assurance Service

Find out more about our new e-learning module on managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes.

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