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How to help women with learning disabilities access antenatal and newborn screening

We’ve published new guidance for screening professionals to support women with learning disabilities and their partners to access and understand antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening.

Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening study days postponed

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A group of people gathered at a study day at King's College London

Kings College London provides a range of sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) study days each year. Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the university and the NHS SCT Screening Programme have made a joint decision to defer all SCT …

Easy read versions of AAA and diabetic eye screening letter templates now available

AAA and DES easy guides and easy read invitation letter templates laid out on a table.

We have published easy read versions of national screening invitation letter templates for the NHS-led abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening and diabetic eye screening (DES) programmes.

Third quarterly KPI data for 2019 to 2020 published

A computer screen with generic data being represented

PHE Screening has now published the third set of quarterly key performance indicator (KPI) data for the 2019 to 2020 year.

Screening easy guides updated thanks to expert users

Parents with learning disabilities discuss content of easy read leaflets

The Screening tests for you and your baby easy guides have been improved and updated thanks to fantastic partnership work with The Elfrida Society, a London-based learning disability charity.