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.
Can you tell the difference between the UK NSC and PHE? And does it matter?
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Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
Screening folk can be a loyal bunch – either that or it’s a difficult discipline to escape from! A colleague of mine recently reached the amazing milestone of working 30 years in screening, making me reflect on my own career.
There's always more to learn: sign up for a screening masterclass
The next screening masterclasses will be in Skipton House, London on 11 September 2017 and 14 November 2017. Read this blog and book your place.
Breast screening programme publishes new interval cancer guidance
The NHS Breast Screening Programme has produced new guidance on the reporting, classification and monitoring of interval cancers. These are cancers diagnosed after a screening appointment at which a woman received a normal result and before her next scheduled screening appointment.
We work together! Shared learning at a regional diabetic eye screening (DES) networking day
More than 40 people attended a regional diabetic eye screening (DES) networking day organised by the Midlands and East Screening QA Service (SQAS) team. Delegates included programme managers, clinicians, senior screeners, senior graders and public health commissioners.
New home test kit for bowel cancer screening: what GPs need to know
The programme will introduce a new improved home test kit for screening from April 2018. It is call a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and it will replace the guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBt). It’s important that GPs and others working in primary care understand this change to the screening programme and its implications for their patients, so here is a brief summary.
Updated templates for antenatal and newborn KPI data collection
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Lizzie Tempest, 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 Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Today we published the key performance indicator (KPI) templates for the first quarter of 2017 to 2018. This covers the period 1 April to 30 June 2017. Data collection is from maternity services and child health information systems (CHIS).
Making data available to help improve cervical screening attendance
For the first time ever, we’re publishing detailed cervical screening coverage data by GP practice. Coverage is the proportion of women eligible for screening who have a test result recorded in the last 3 or 5 years, depending on their age.
Hepatitis B in pregnant women: World Hepatitis Day
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Dr Heather Bailey, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
Today is World Hepatitis Day, which makes it the right time to highlight the work of the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme on hepatitis B.
We’ve started playing tag! How to find good stuff quicker on the blog
We always want to improve the blog and make it easier to find the news and articles that are most relevant and interesting to you. That’s why we’ve introduced tags. These are a new way to search the blog quickly and easily.
New easy read version of AAA screening invitation leaflet launched
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Mike Harris, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
Today we’ve published our latest easy read information leaflet to help ensure screening is accessible to individuals with learning disabilities and low literacy levels.