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.
Revised newborn blood spot screening standards published
Over the past few months, we’ve consulted widely with clinical, laboratory and quality assurance colleagues to help revise the newborn blood spot screening standards.
NHS Cervical Screening Programme approves new HPV tests and issues guidance for laboratories
Cervical screening saves an estimated 5,000 lives a year by detecting abnormalities of the cervix early and referring women for effective treatment.
Combined amniocentesis and CVS diagnostic tests leaflet published
The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) is pleased to launch a new counselling resource leaflet: ‘Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis: information for parents’.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening across the UK
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Jonothan Earnshaw, Posted on:
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
There has always been a great deal of collaboration between the 4 UK countries when it comes to learning how best to implement population screening programmes. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening is no exception.
Could you chair one of our screening programme advisory groups?
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Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
Some of us in Public Health England (PHE), myself included, have worked in screening a long time.
GPs can help patients engage with bowel cancer screening
Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer deaths.
PHE and NHS England join forces to help cervical screening laboratories clear backlogs
Cervical screening prevents cancer by detecting abnormalities of the cervix and referring women for potential treatment.
We’ve updated the antenatal and newborn screening programmes e-learning resource
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Lindsay Kimm, 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’ve updated the antenatal and newborn screening e-learning module in line with clinical best practice and quality assurance requirements.
GP practices benefit from GP2DRS diabetic eye screening data extraction system
Diabetic eye screening is an integral component of diabetes care, which helps prevent or reduce sight loss among people with diabetes. But diabetic eye screening services rely on GPs to identify people with diabetes over 12, the age at which …
Newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot update
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Claire Evans, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, UK National Screening Committee
The quick and painless pulse oximetry screening test can help detect whether there is enough oxygen in a newborn baby’s blood.