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Make the most of resources and advice to ensure screening is accessible to all

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I lead on learning disabilities for the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi). It's important to note that all organisations providing NHS or public funded adult social care must have fully implemented  the Accessible Information Standard by the end of July.

A day in the life of an antenatal screening co-ordinator

...and my own office. “I’m your woman,” I replied. The interview was tough but I got the job. In those days, women attended antenatal screening clinics on a Tuesday morning...

Shared learning: mask helps improve KPI performance for fetal anomaly screening

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Background All eligible pregnant women in England are offered screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes. Staff must fully complete the laboratory request form with the correct information to enable the screening laboratory to process the sample without delay and …

Primary care population screening update, spring 2016

...of bowel cancer screening letters. I'm Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Screening at Public Health England (PHE). This is my second biannual letter to GPs in England (the first was...

Quarter 3 KPI screening data published

We have published the key performance indicator (KPI) non-cancer screening data for the third quarter of 2015 to 2016 (1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015). KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …

Cancer screening publications reach their new home

...major advantages offered by Harlow is the ability to set up standing orders for regular deliveries of items. We expect this to be particularly useful for the companies that undertake...