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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme

Timely reminder of screening data submission deadlines

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Important information for local screening providers on how and when they need to validate and submit key performance indicator (KPI) and screening standards data.

Screening KPI data published for third quarter of 2018 to 2019 year

Key performance indicators (KPIs) measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a high level overview of programme quality. This blog article updates you on the latest KPI data publications. Quarter 2 and 3 KPI data …

Providers welcome Health Screener Diploma updates

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Local newborn hearing, diabetic eye and abdominal aortic aneurysm screening providers gave a big thumbs-up to recent updates provided by the national team on the Level 3 Health Screener Diploma process.

PHE support for research into how AAAs develop

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Support from Public Health England screening is helping medical researchers from the University of Leicester identify treatments which could potentially be used to reduce the numbers of men with life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) needing surgery. The research, funded by …

Health screener diploma is positive experience for learners and assessors

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More than 100 people have now successfully gained their Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners. Here, an assessor and a learner share their experience of the diploma.