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.
Diabetic eye screening is exactly the same for people who have rarer forms of diabetes
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NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme helps prevent sight loss in people with diabetes. Screening can detect diabetic retinopathy early, when treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage from the condition.
Breast screening: information and education for GPs
In our quest to provide free, high quality, easy to access training for those informing women about breast screening, we often collaborate with other organisations. This makes sure we can...
Midwives – are you discussing residual blood spots with parents?
...to complete screening. The screening laboratory stores them for a minimum of 5 years. Laboratories use residual blood spots to check screening results, for testing equipment or methods, and for...
Making screening fairer: progress with our inequalities strategy
The PHE inequalities strategy will aim to close the screening inequalities gap and ensure equitable access to screening to all eligible populations.
Revamped sickle cell and thalassaemia ‘at risk’ leaflets published
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
I’m the Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Lead at Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital. For the past year I’ve been on secondment as national project lead for the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme.
Managing safety incidents: guidance update
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
...is needed Screening safety gets special attention because: the public rightly expects NHS screening to be high quality and safe the NHS invites apparently healthy people for screening – this...
Have your say: proposed guidance covering development, production and review of information
...decision will be personal to them. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is consulting on its guidance covering the development, production and review of information to support all UK...
Screening key performance indicators: quarter 4 2016 to 2017 data published
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Lizzie Tempest, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, 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
...NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a high level overview of programme quality. Highlights of the Q4 data The national performance of ID1 (antenatal infectious disease screening...
Jonothan honoured at AAA screening networking event
More than 100 abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening professionals attended this year’s national AAA screening networking event.
2017 to 2018 screening service specifications: the main changes
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, 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
...of screening new links to promotion of vaccinations in pregnancy and reporting viral rash reinforcing the importance of sexual health awareness and protection in pregnancy follow-up of women who miscarry...