International delegates told of HPV primary screening rollout challenges
PHE screening team members and clinicians attended the 40th European Congress of Cytology in Liverpool.
NHS Cervical Screening Programme
PHE announces help for cervical screening laboratories
The NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England relies on laboratories to screen and report on cervical cytology samples (3.2 million were examined in 2014-15).
National updates and networking opportunities for London's cervical screening providers
Posted by:
Noosheen Bashir, Posted on:
-
Categories:
NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
The London Screening Quality Assurance Services (SQAS) team held a meeting for London QA cytology, colposcopy and hospital-based programme coordinators.
GPs: staying up to speed with cervical screening
Posted by:
Dr Jim McMorran, Posted on:
-
Categories:
General information, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
The 11 national screening programmes cover a wide variety of conditions, age ranges and screening tests.
Primary care population screening update, spring 2016
Posted by:
Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
-
Categories:
General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, Prostate cancer risk management
Download the Primary care screening letter May 2016. Note this version has been slightly changed on 31 May to clarify the figures quoted in the final section, on GP endorsement of bowel cancer screening letters. I'm Dr Anne Mackie, Director of …
New letters and leaflets for cervical screening
The NHS Cervical Screening Programme has introduced new invitation and result letters, along with new information leaflets for women invited to screening, and for women who are referred for colposcopy following an abnormal screening result.
Cancer screening publications reach their new home
Posted by:
TJ Day, Posted on:
-
Categories:
General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Prostate cancer risk management
Harlow Printing Ltd has printed, stored and distributed the antenatal and newborn (ANNB) and young person and adult (YPA) screening publications for a number of years already. Now it's providing the same service for the breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening programmes.
HPV primary screening in the cervical screening programme
Following a review of results from the English HPV primary screening pilot sites and international evidence, the UK National Screening Committee recommended at its January meeting that HPV primary screening should be adopted by the screening programme. We are now …
Get ready for major changes to process for ordering cancer screening leaflets
Posted by:
TJ Day, Posted on:
-
Categories:
General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
We are changing the way we store and distribute leaflets and other printed materials for our cancer screening programmes. This will affect all our clients who order our breast, cervical and bowel cancer screening resources.
The UK National Screening Committee: Positive Recommendations
Posted by:
Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
-
Categories:
NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee
Back in July I wrote about the recommendations made by the UK NSC in March 2015 and why saying no to screening can be a good thing as it means we can avoid harm to people and ensure that money …