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.
Updated KPI definitions and submission guidance for 2018 to 2019
Today we’ve published the 2018 to 2019 updated definitions and submission guidance for key performance indicators (KPIs) for the NHS population screening programmes in England.
Calling all midwives – help us review our screening resource cards
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Jo Harcombe, Posted on:
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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
We’re asking midwives to fill in a short survey about our credit card sized collection of plastic resource cards giving information about screening offered in pregnancy and to newborn babies.
Check out our updated bowel cancer screening standards for 2018
Following consultation, we have updated the screening standards for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
Updated newborn hearing screening standards published
We have reviewed and updated the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme standards. The updated 2017 to 2018 NHSP standards have an implementation date of 1 April 2018.
New date for AAA clinical skills trainer event
The NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme has announced the new date for its clinical skills trainer networking day. The re-scheduled event will take place on Friday 27 April 2018 and will be held in central London from 10.30am …
Student midwives – tell us what you think of our screening resource packs
If you’re reading this then you’ve hopefully seen the PHE ‘screening resource pack for student midwives'. We send it out every year to all universities in England and ask midwifery tutors to give a set to all new starter students. …
A reminder about private screening and a last opportunity to order leaflets about it
We still have 1,500 copies left of our leaflet about private screening for the public. We won’t be transferring them to our new print provider so if you’d like some leaflets please order them by 16 March.
What PHE Screening has been blogging about
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Andrew Anderson, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Fetal Anomaly 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, Screening Quality Assurance Service, UK National Screening Committee
Here’s a list of every blog issued in January and February 2018.
Primary HPV testing update
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Ruth Stubbs, Posted on:
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NHS Cervical Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service, UK National Screening Committee
Ruth Stubbs, PHE's Cervical Screening Programme Manager, shares how the plans for introducing HPV primary screening are coming along.
GPs’ role in helping people decide whether they want screening
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Dr Jim McMorran, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
It’s important GPs help ensure everyone gets the information they need in order to decide if screening is the right thing for them depending on their circumstances.