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.
Addition of Eklund technique improves screening for women with breast implants
The Eklund technique is an internationally recognised method to improve the detection of breast cancer in women with breast implants. It is already used in services in Australia, the USA and some other countries to promote high quality breast screening and …
Consolidated breast screening standards published
We have published the new consolidated standards for the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
Diabetic eye screening pathway standards revised
We have updated the national diabetic eye screening (DES) pathway standards.
Guidance on supporting agency sonographers for fetal anomaly screening
If you work in ultrasound or radiology you will be well aware there’s a national shortage of trained staff. Many ultrasound departments rely on agency sonographers.
Submitting antenatal screening coverage KPI data just got easier
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Nadia Permalloo, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We use key performance indicator (KPI) data to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing.
New screening e-learning platform is now live
After months of hard work, e-learning for the NHS Screening Programmes is now available on the e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) website.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: fathers matter
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Nadia Permalloo, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We offer screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) to all pregnant women. We also offer to screen the baby’s biological father if the mother is found to be a carrier of or have a sickle cell or thalassaemia condition.
New look NIPE e-learning on the way
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NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
The NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme’s e-learning is being revamped.
New e-learning module for screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes
The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) offers screening to pregnant women so they can find out how likely it is that their baby has Down’s (Trisomy 21 or T21), Edwards’ (T18) or Patau’s (T13) syndromes or one of a …
Introducing non-invasive prenatal testing to antenatal screening – progress so far
We published a blog in November about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).