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.
Driving forward research into GBS
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is an important cause of illness in babies, children and elderly adults. It remains the commonest infection that causes serious illness in newborn babies.
Our breast screening workforce survey results underline scale of challenge
The NHS Breast Screening Programme has published a national radiographic workforce report summarising the findings of its survey into the current state of the radiographic workforce.
Addition of non-invasive test to improve screening for pregnant women
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Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee
A new test will be added to the fetal anomaly screening pathway following an announcement by the Department of Health.
We still have the vision!
Children have all sorts of eye problems (just like adults) from viral conjunctivitis through to mild or moderate sight problems and, very rarely, blindness. Most children with eye problems are picked up by their parents or teachers.
New newborn hearing screening operational guidance published
My name is Julie Tucker. Since late 2015, I have spent the one day a week when I’m not managing the newborn hearing screening service in Oxford writing the new NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) operational guidance on behalf of …
More funded training available to support new health screener qualification
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Lindsay Kimm and Patrick Rankin, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
We’re offering a limited number of funded training places to help people working in screening to develop their career.
GPs: what you need to know about sickle cell and thalassaemia screening
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Dr Jim McMorran, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
In his latest PHE Screening blog post written for his fellow GPs, Dr Jim McMorran looks at primary care issues relating to sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening.
Latest annual data shows benefits of AAA screening
Today we published the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening, surveillance and outcome data for the 2015 to 2016 screening year (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016).
Publishing and sharing screening data with partners
Screening data is available to the public on a number of websites.
Networking, national updates and shared learning at London antenatal and newborn screening forum
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Mai Dang, 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, Screening Quality Assurance Service
The London Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) team held a successful forum for screening coordinators and heads of midwifery from all London maternity units.