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.
Update from the newborn and infant physical examination screening programme
An update from the newborn infant physical examination programme team.
Moving from print to digital in the diabetic eye screening programme
Diabetic eye screening services should now be directing people to digital versions of leaflets where possible
Inherited metabolic disease (IMD) screening leaflets made more accessible
All inherited metabolic disease leaflets for newborn blood spot screening have been converted into HTML format.
Antenatal and newborn screening information – digital by default
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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
Antenatal and newborn screening providers should now be signposting parents routinely to digital versions of information leaflets rather than automatically handing out printed leaflets.
Important changes to assessment of newborn hearing screeners
The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is updating the observed structured clinical examination (OSCE) that staff carrying out newborn hearing screening tests in England must complete before being able to screen unsupervised.
Health equity audit guidance published for NHS screening providers and commissioners
A new health equity audit has been published specifically aimed at supporting screening providers and commissioners.
Updated KPI data definitions and submission templates
PHE has published a refreshed suite of documents for finding data definitions and submitting KPI data.
What we blogged about in July 2020
A round-up of all Public Health England (PHE) screening blog posts published in July 2020.
Procurement process launched in evaluative roll out of NIPT screening
A formal procurement process for laboratories wishing to provide non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been launched for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP).
NHS AAA screening information moving from print to digital
We have blogged before about the need to reduce the use of printed leaflets by NHS screening services and make the most of digital information opportunities. PHE has been producing more and more online information about the NHS screening programmes and …