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.
What PHE Screening blogged about in November 2017
...way of identifying babies who may have missed NBS screening for 9 rare but serious conditions. NHS Breast Screening Programme 6 November – Experts by experience are central to development...
Hundreds have already attended new NIPT training
The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme is running a series of training events to help healthcare professionals support women in making personalised informed choices about screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes.
Have your say on the future of the screening quality assurance service
The screening quality assurance service is launching a period of informal consultation on a revised national operating model.
Screening KPIs: quarter 1 2017 to 2018 data and other updates
We have now published new and improved key performance indicator (KPI) data publications. The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a high level overview of programme quality.
Exciting opportunity to chair new screening quality assurance advisory committee
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Mike Harris, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Do you have what it takes to chair PHE’s new Screening Quality Assurance Advisory Committee?
Our latest screening report highlights successes and areas for improvement
...with 9 rare but serious conditions get the essential treatment they need as soon as possible after birth We continuously seek to improve the safety, quality and health benefits our...
Videos worth watching: Dr Henrietta Campbell
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Fabien Waldheim, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
Watch Dr Henrietta Campbell, Chair of the UK NSC from 1998 to 2006, talk about the experiences and challenges she has faced while working in screening.
Breast screening: we want your views on new mammography apprenticeship
PHE is involved in an initiative to develop an apprenticeship for the new role of ‘associate mammographer’, which we hope will encourage many to enter the profession and address the national shortage of mammographers.
Videos worth watching: Sir Muir Gray (part 2)
...with screening but with other innovations, we always have the patients, the people in the room, and we ask them how did they see the relative worth of this compared...
Videos worth watching: Sir Muir Gray (part 1)
...they said “do you want musts?” I said “no, I want how to’s” and they said the Department of Health doesn't do “how to’s” so I said “well some of...