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Screening inequalities and what we’re doing about them
Dr Anne Mackie, Director of PHE Screening, explains how inequalities affect screening and what actions we are taking to understand and address these differences.
General information
What PHE Screening blogged about in August 2017
In this blog we recap the what blog articles we published during the summer month of August. The blogs were plentiful as we saw our subscription numbers pass the 4,000 mark.
Making screening fairer: progress with our inequalities strategy
The PHE inequalities strategy will aim to close the screening inequalities gap and ensure equitable access to screening to all eligible populations.
Managing safety incidents: guidance update
We expect local screening services to use our guidance on Managing Safety Incidents in the NHS Screening Programmes if they think they have a safety incident or serious incident. It’s relevant to all 11 national population screening programmes. This new version replaces the previous one from October 2015.
Have your say: proposed guidance covering development, production and review of information
The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) is consulting on its guidance covering the development, production and review of information to support all UK population screening programmes.
Screening key performance indicators: quarter 4 2016 to 2017 data published
We’ve now published the screening key performance indicator (KPI) data for the fourth quarter of 2016 to 2017 (Q4, January to March 2017). The KPIs are used to measure how NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a high level overview of programme quality.
Can you tell the difference between the UK NSC and PHE? And does it matter?
Screening folk can be a loyal bunch – either that or it’s a difficult discipline to escape from! A colleague of mine recently reached the amazing milestone of working 30 years in screening, making me reflect on my own career.
There's always more to learn: sign up for a screening masterclass
The next screening masterclasses will be in Skipton House, London on 11 September 2017 and 14 November 2017. Read this blog and book your place.
Updated templates for antenatal and newborn KPI data collection
Today we published the key performance indicator (KPI) templates for the first quarter of 2017 to 2018. This covers the period 1 April to 30 June 2017. Data collection is from maternity services and child health information systems (CHIS).
We’ve started playing tag! How to find good stuff quicker on the blog
We always want to improve the blog and make it easier to find the news and articles that are most relevant and interesting to you. That’s why we’ve introduced tags. These are a new way to search the blog quickly and easily.