Changes ahead for the national screening system
Changes ahead for the national screening system
Details of changes to the national screening system from 1 October, due to the closure of Public Health England.
NHS newborn and infant physical examination programme handbook updated
Updated newborn and infant physical examination programme handbook and screening pathways are now available.
Second antenatal screening standards data report
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Nadia Permalloo, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
PHE has published the second antenatal screening standards data report, covering 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
Dedicated national team focuses on screening inequalities
A small, dedicated team in the PHE Screening division is coordinating and leading on work to address inequalities in screening access and uptake.
New NIPT e-learning resource live
Find out more about our new non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) e-learning resource.
National NIPE IT system training well received
A final session for system admin users will be held on Friday 23 October.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia carrier leaflets go digital
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Siobhan Ryan, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We have updated and published in accessible digital format the national NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme information about being a carrier of a sickle cell, thalassamia or other unusual haemoglobin gene. These digital leaflets provide pregnant women …
Fourth quarterly KPI data for 2019 to 2020 published
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Lizzie Tempest, Posted on:
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, 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
We have published the fourth and final set of quarterly key performance indicator (KPI) data for the 2019 to 2020 year.
NHS antenatal and newborn screening digital information: next steps
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Liane Powell, Posted on:
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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
Directing people to digital information about NHS antenatal and newborn screening programmes should now be business as usual.
New start date for NHS SCID screening evaluation in England
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Christine Cavanagh and Liz Robinson, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee
The NHS severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) screening evaluation in England is now scheduled to start from September 2021.
What we blogged about in September 2020
Here is a round-up of the 9 Public Health England (PHE) screening blog posts published in September 2020.