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.
Accessible Information Standard: ensuring equal access to screening
All organisations providing NHS care and / or adult social care must now follow the Accessible Information Standard in full.
PHE Screening helpdesk: the front door for screening enquiries
Here at the PHE Screening helpdesk we aim to provide information and support to stakeholders and users of all our screening services.
How to register learners on new national screener qualification
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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
On 1 April 2016 we launched the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners.
Revised diabetic eye screening national pathway standards published
We have published the revised national pathway standards for the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
New online reporting system for HIV screening outcome data
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Sharon Webb, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
The IDPS programme commissions the team at the Population, Policy and Practice Programme at the University College London (UCL) Institute of Child Health to collect screening outcome data on HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
New chair of UK National Screening Committee: I feel very honoured
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Professor Bob Steele, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
I feel very honoured to have been appointed Chair of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
How to write about risk: working to produce better public information on screening
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Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
I read an interesting article recently. In it, Dr Steven Hatch, a specialist in infectious diseases at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, writes about uncertainty in medicine and why patients – and doctors – need to get better at …
NIPE SMART: New release imminent
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Geeta Chudasama and Jill Walker, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
We are pleased to announce that an updated version of the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Management and Reporting Tool (SMART) IT system is available to users of the system from tomorrow (2 August 2016).
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme standards – give us your views
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Cathy Coppinger, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Over the past few weeks we’ve been busy reviewing the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme standards.
Latest news on infectious diseases in pregnancy screening hepatitis B audit
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Sharon Webb, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
Today is World Hepatitis Day, so it's the perfect time to highlight the work of the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme's national hepatitis B in pregnancy audit. We commission the audit from the population, policy and practice programme at …