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.
Get ready for our new national screening print provider
On Monday, 2 April, 2018, a new supplier, APS Group, will take over the printing, storage and distribution of these leaflets. To prepare for this change, there will be 2 weeks of ‘down time’ – from Monday 19 March to Sunday, 1 April, 2018 – when local screening providers will not be able to order leaflets from our current national printing supplier, Harlow Printing Ltd.
Get animated about our new screening resource
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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
We have worked with the NHS Choices video team and an animation company to produce a new screening animation, which in just 2 ½ minutes explains all the types of screening offered during pregnancy and for newborn babies.
Register now for sickle cell and thalassaemia screening laboratory update day
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Cynthia Gill, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
The NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme has organised 2 laboratory update days in April.
Latest screening KPI data and other updates
Today we have published the PHE Screening KPI data for the second quarter of 2017 to 2018 (Q2, 1 July to 30 September 2017).
Reviewing our older screening information leaflets
We aim to fully review all our publications at least once every 3 years. But we’ve not yet caught up with all our older publications and leaflets. This means some of them still show historic branding and contact details.
CPD website: closing next week
We're closing the continuing professional development (CPD) website next week (18 February 2018). You can find all resources on GOV.UK and e-learning on e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH).
Updated version of NIPE SMART IT system released
We are pleased to announce that an updated version (5.7) of NIPE SMART will be available to users on 13 February.
Improving quality in Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s screening laboratories
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Nadia Permalloo and David Wright, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Shared learning in this blog post is specifically aimed at laboratories that provide Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s screening.
Breast screening performance report shows we are detecting cancers early but uptake is falling
NHS Digital has published its latest annual report of breast cancer screening performance in England, covering the year 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. During those 12 months, we invited just under 3 million women for screening and screened 2.2 million, an increase of 1.3% on the previous year.
We’ve updated our easy guide leaflet to breast screening
Today we’ve published an updated version of our easy guide to breast screening. This leaflet aims to ensure that our information about breast screening is equally accessible to women who have a learning disability or struggle with written English.