At the start of the year we made a commitment to the parliamentary Science and Technology Committee to produce a document explaining how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) goes about collecting and analysing evidence, consulting and making recommendations …
If you want to know something about the national NHS Screening Programmes, the screening helpdesk is there to help. Enquiries to the helpdesk have increased by almost half, from 971 to 1,440 in the last year - especially since taking …
We have a duty to provide information about screening in a way that enables people to make informed choices. We aim to provide clear, concise and accurate evidence-based information for both public and professionals. To help ensure equality of access …
Screening information for health care professionals moved to a new home at GOV.UK. Home for information for the public is now NHS Choices. All these changes are part of the government’s digital strategy to reduce the number of government websites and …
Getting older shouldn’t be a barrier to people keeping an eye on their health. In England there are four screening programmes available to people over the age of 65. For some, we automatically send invitations. For others, people can contact …
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once” (Albert Einstein) The NHS Screening Programmes have their own way of making sure everything “doesn’t happen at once”. We have the antenatal and newborn screening timeline which (below …
One of the biggest challenges we face is raising awareness of the importance of screening among those people most at risk of the condition we are testing for.
Population screening programmes provide compelling evidence that early intervention reduces the burden of disease and improves health.
In our blog last week, we introduced the key performance indicators for screening and how they can help drive local improvements in screening services. In this follow-up blog, we’re going to look at the last KPI data we published.
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are used by many organisations including Public Health England to see if they’re meeting their objectives. But what exactly are they, how do they work and what value do they add for people delivering screening services? …