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.
North East experts by experience help develop new screening easy guides
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Julie Tucker, North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
Find out how experts by experience from the North East and Cumbria provided vital input into the development of new national easy guides for cervical and bowel cancer screening.
Moving antenatal and newborn screening information into the digital age
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Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on:
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General information, 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
Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Digital have begun an ongoing collaboration to move from printed invitation leaflets to online information, starting with antenatal and newborn screening.
Latest data from the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service
On 3 March 2019, over 150 organisations worldwide marked the fifth annual World Birth Defects Day. The goals for the day are to raise awareness across the globe about congenital conditions, look for opportunities to prevent conditions developing, and support antenatal testing where this is a result of an informed choice.
Addressing inequalities in LGBT cancer screening coverage
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Sophie Meagher, Posted on:
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NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
The first of a series of blog posts in which we’re looking at inequalities in LGBT cancer screening coverage.
New national guidance aims to reduce inequalities for people with severe mental illness
Today we have published new guidance for screening providers and commissioners that aims to improve access to screening for people with severe mental illness.
New guidance for AI in screening
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Dr Kevin Dunbar, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Breast Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee
PHE is publishing new guidance in the spring which will help developers of artificial intelligence (AI) understand how new technologies could be used for screening.
Trusts gearing up to go live with new NIPE IT system in April
The new national IT system for the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Programme is due to go live on 1 April.
New approach to national screening standards
We have published the PHE Screening standards framework which gives a clear step-by-step guide about how we develop, review and publish standards.
East Anglia screening service pioneers one-stop shop for people with diabetes
Find out how people with diabetes in East Anglia have benefited from the piloting of an innovative one-stop shop for all their regular checks, including diabetic eye screening.
We’re updating the clinical care standards for children with sickle cell disease and want your views
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Jamili Miah, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We are working with the Sickle Cell Society to update the Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood: Standards and guidelines for clinical care 2nd edition. Please let us know what you think of the clinical care standards.