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A day in the life of a newborn hearing screener
I try to do the best I can for every baby and mother I see each day, so that any baby who may have a hearing loss is picked up early and can receive the treatment and support they need.
NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
A failsafe officer is for life, not just for Christmas
I’m the antenatal and newborn screening coordinator at Northampton General Hospital. That means I’m responsible for making sure we offer and carry out all antenatal and newborn screening tests correctly for mothers and babies in our care.
Could you support the new screener qualification?
Last year, PHE Screening launched the level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners for non-professionally regulated staff working in the diabetic eye and abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programmes.
Warwick health screening module is exceptional
I’m Hannah Garnett, a local newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) manager. In this blog article I’m sharing my experience of completing the postgraduate health screening module at Warwick University, how it has helped me to review my work and how I have been …
Studying for new diploma has been really useful and enjoyable
Latest KPI figures (2016 to 2017 Q2) show how screening programmes are performing
Today we published the key performance indicator (KPI) data for the second quarter of 2016 to 2017 (Q2, July to September 2016). The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …
Launch of easy read versions of Screening tests for you and your baby
One of the values we hold dear in PHE Screening is supporting individuals to make an informed choice about screening.
Exciting changes ahead for e-learning
Public Health England doesn’t directly train people how to carry out screening in the NHS. We’d love to visit you all but sadly don’t have the resources to do this.
We’ve updated the antenatal and newborn screening programmes e-learning resource
We’ve updated the antenatal and newborn screening e-learning module in line with clinical best practice and quality assurance requirements.
Excellent insights into new national screening qualification
Nearly 300 staff from local screening services attended the recent half-day update sessions to support the implementation of the new Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners qualification.