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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.

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Using Relay UK to make the bowel cancer screening helpline more accessible

Posted by: Andrew Field, Posted on: 5 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
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BT's text relay service can help people who are hard of hearing or who have difficulties communicating verbally on the telephone.

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Not FIT for the bin – the importance of bowel cancer screening

Posted by: Katy Parker, Posted on: 5 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
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A personal story of loss and gain

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Updated guidance on the training of cervical sample takers

Posted by: Ruth Stubbs, Catherine Witney and Sharon Whitehurst, Posted on: 5 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme
A nurse speaking to a female patient

Promoting high-quality specialist training for cervical sample takers

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Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening data report published

Posted by: Maddy McMahon, Posted on: 3 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Blood sample is taken from an arm.

We have published the annual data report for the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme covering 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.

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Screening information leaflets: the digital equality impact assessment

Posted by: Rich Denyer-Bewick, Posted on: 3 March 2020 - Categories: General information
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Citizens Online have been analysing data from almost 600 responses to the Equality Impact Assessment and share their first findings.

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First joint antenatal screening standards data report

Posted by: Nadia Permalloo, Posted on: 3 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
5 black and white photos, including a mother and newborn baby, a doctor talking to parents and the front cover of a leaflet

The first joint antenatal screening data report is out

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What we blogged about in February 2020

Posted by: Jonny Fertray, Posted on: 2 March 2020 - Categories: General information
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Our monthly round-up of blog posts you may have missed.

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Save the dates: clinical skills trainers and image quality assurance leads (AAA)

Posted by: Tsitsi Muchayingeyi, Posted on: 2 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
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A call for clinical skills trainers and quality assurance (QA) leads to register for national events later this year.

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CVS and aminocentesis leaflet updated and published in HTML

Posted by: Liane Powell, Posted on: 28 February 2020 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
Pregnant woman in consultation with screening midwife

We have updated our chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis: information for parents resource and now published it in digital HTML format.

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Guyanese doctor inspired by NHS SCT screening programme

Posted by: Jewel Mahase, Posted on: 25 February 2020 - Categories: NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Jewel with Roxanne Siland during one of the events organised

Read about how one doctor was inspired after learning about sickle cell and thalassaemia screening.

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Public Health England (PHE) existed to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. It closed on 30 September 2021 and this blog is no longer updated.

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