Supporting women with learning disabilities to access breast screening
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We've published new national guidance and information to help local breast screening providers support women with learning disabilities.
We've published new national guidance and information to help local breast screening providers support women with learning disabilities.
Public Health England has published new data measuring how the 11 NHS screening programmes are performing.
Today we publish new guidance for staff involved in organising and leading local breast screening services.
PHE Screening is delighted to welcome three new members of staff.
We have published new good practice guidance for ergonomics in breast screening mammography for employers and employees.
NHS England has published the 2018 to 2019 service specifications - important reading for those involved in the commissioning and provision of screening services in England.
The NHS Breast Screening Programme has published new guidance on recording vacuum-assisted excisions, aimed at screening office staff, pathologists and healthcare staff who carry out the procedures.
Between 2014 and 2017 Marie Coughlin was the lead officer for the Merseyside Cancer Screening Plan. She shares how she helped raise awareness of screening, particularly within vulnerable and hard to reach groups.
Today we launch the new website for the Sloane Project.
PHE Screening is supporting a national campaign to bring out-of-practice radiographers back into their profession as mammographers in the NHS Breast Screening Programme.