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What we blogged about in March 2019
We published a whopping 24 articles on the PHE Screening blog during March 2019. In case you missed any of them, here is a quick round-up of what we blogged about along with links to the full articles.
General information
Child vision screening: no change is needed to comply with GDPR
A reminder about GDPR implications for child vision screening and clarification that schools do not need the permission of parents before they can share children’s data with the providers of school health services.
Have you responded to the screening review call for evidence?
Professor Sir Mike Richards has been asked to conduct a major review of the English cancer screening programmes as part of a renewed drive to improve care and save lives. Please make any submissions by 18 April.
North East experts by experience help develop new screening easy guides
Find out how experts by experience from the North East and Cumbria provided vital input into the development of new national easy guides for cervical and bowel cancer screening.
Moving antenatal and newborn screening information into the digital age
Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Digital have begun an ongoing collaboration to move from printed invitation leaflets to online information, starting with antenatal and newborn screening.
Latest data from the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service
On 3 March 2019, over 150 organisations worldwide marked the fifth annual World Birth Defects Day. The goals for the day are to raise awareness across the globe about congenital conditions, look for opportunities to prevent conditions developing, and support antenatal testing where this is a result of an informed choice.
New national guidance aims to reduce inequalities for people with severe mental illness
Today we have published new guidance for screening providers and commissioners that aims to improve access to screening for people with severe mental illness.
New guidance for AI in screening
PHE is publishing new guidance in the spring which will help developers of artificial intelligence (AI) understand how new technologies could be used for screening.
New approach to national screening standards
We have published the PHE Screening standards framework which gives a clear step-by-step guide about how we develop, review and publish standards.
Screening year report showcases our work to reduce inequalities
Get a glimpse of what is included in the NHS Screening Programmes in England 2017 to 2018 report