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.
General information
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.
New guidance to improve access to NHS screening for people in secure and detained settings
New national guidance published on improving access to screening for people in secure settings.
Working together to improve our approach to NHS screening incidents
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Sarah Perman, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
PHE's plans for reviewing and improving the approach to incidents in the NHS screening programmes and preparing for the new NHS patient safety incident response framework.
Powerful service user videos remind us why focusing on inequalities is so important
Watch and share powerful video clips of service users with learning disabilities talking about their experiences of screening.
New printable versions of some NHS antenatal and newborn screening information
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Mike Harris, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
New simple A4 printable PDF versions of 6 of the most commonly used ANNB screening publications.