Updated screening information for GPs and other primary care staff
Public Health England has updated its screening information for GPs and practice staff on GOV.UK.
General information
Cancer Research UK’s role in supporting health professionals on informed choice in NHS screening
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Rachael Ogley, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
In this guest blog, CRUK explains how health professionals have an important role to play in supporting people to make an informed choice to access cancer screening.
Supporting informed choice in NHS screening – a view from Cancer Research UK
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Sophia Lowes, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
Public Health England Screening asked Cancer Research UK to tell us about their work on informed choice. Sophia Lowes, a health information manager at CRUK, tells us more.
Inequalities consistently addressed in quality assurance visits to local NHS screening services
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Val Armstrong and Helen Smith, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
A national audit of quality assurance visits to local screening services found that SQAS teams consistently address inequalities in visits across all screening programmes.
New guidance on improving access to NHS screening programmes for people with learning disabilities
New national guidance for health professionals to support people with learning disabilities to understand and access the NHS screening programmes.
What we blogged about in May 2021
Our round-up of the Public Health England (PHE) screening blog posts published in May 2021.
Screening incidents: thinking differently
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Suzette Woodward, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Suzette Woodward, an international expert on patient safety advising PHE on its review of the screening incident guidance, sets out her thoughts on how learning from safety incidents could be strengthened.
Embedding ethics at the UK National Screening Committee
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Catherine Joynson, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
An update on the work of the UK National Screening Committee to review the way it considers ethical issues.
New guidance for carers aims to reduce unfair barriers to screening
New national guidance published for carers to help reduce screening inequalities.
New website ‘home page’ for guidance on reducing screening inequalities
New screening inequalities ‘home page’ on GOV.UK will make it easier for users to find all the national guidance and resources aimed at tackling screening inequalities.