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.
New e-learning module on screening incidents
Find out more about our new e-learning module on managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes.
Cervical Screening Saves Lives – highlights from the national campaign
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NHS Cervical Screening Programme
In March 2019, Public Health England launched the first ever national cervical screening campaign, Cervical Screening Saves Lives. With an evaluation under way, now is a good time to share some of the highlights from the campaign, along with some early signs of its impact.
Survey responses will help us improve timeliness of referrals to hospital eye services
Local diabetic eye screening services provided very useful feedback to our survey into challenges in meeting the achievable standard for one of the national programme's key performance indicators.
How we worked across teams to make sure a young man with complex needs could receive important eye check
An example of best practice from a local diabetic eye screening provider in helping to ensure equal access to screening for an individual with complex needs.
New version of Screening: Evidence and Practice book launched
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
Find out about the much improved and updated second edition of the Screening: Evidence and Practice book by Angela Raffle, Anne Mackie and Muir Gray.
Signpost women to updated translations of antenatal and newborn screening information
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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
Updated translations published of our antenatal and newborn screening information in 12 languages.
Important updates to NIPE handbook
An updated version of the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Screening Programme handbook has now been published.
UK NSC annual call for topics
It's that time when you have the opportunity to propose a new health screening programme which could be implemented across the whole of the UK.
Important changes to SMaRT4NIPE
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Jill Walker and Geeta Chudasama, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
A new version of SMaRT4NIPE for the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Programme will be available on Friday 6 September.
Let's talk about sex - World Sexual Health Day
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Sharon Webb, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
Today is World Sexual Health Day. Public Health England (PHE) supports sexual health commissioning, runs sexual health campaigns and promotes condom use and increased testing. New PHE data revealed there were around 448,000 cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed …