The level 3 health screener diploma is the recommended training programme for any new screeners in the diabetic eye, abdominal aortic aneurysm and newborn hearing screening programmes. Here a trainee screener talks about his experiences of working his way through it.
It’s a well-known fact that young people’s engagement with diabetic eye screening could be better. Here's a fascinating account of how one area has been driving up screening attendance.
Important information for local screening providers on how and when they need to validate and submit key performance indicator (KPI) and screening standards data.
New national diabetic eye screening guidance published that describes a statistical method to compare grading outcomes between local screening providers.
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 …
We are asking local diabetic eye screening providers to help us understand the challenges they face in achieving the national standard for timeliness of referrals from screening.
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.
Find out how people with diabetes in East Anglia have benefited from the piloting of an innovative one-stop shop for all their regular checks, including diabetic eye screening.
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.
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Public Health England (PHE) existed to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. It closed on 30 September 2021 and this blog is no longer updated.
