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.
GPs: staying up to speed with cervical screening
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Dr Jim McMorran, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
The 11 national screening programmes cover a wide variety of conditions, age ranges and screening tests.
New infectious diseases in pregnancy screening handbooks published
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Sharon Webb, Aileen Masson and Sarah Dermont, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
We are pleased to announce the publication of two NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme handbooks.
We're getting FIT for bowel cancer screening
10 years on from the launch of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) we're gearing up to change the primary screening test we use to detect and prevent cancers.
Save the date! The second UK NSC conference will be in December 2016
Some of you will have come to the UK National Screening Committee’s first stakeholder conference last December. As we blogged at the time, the event was a great success at enabling committee members and stakeholders to get togetherhttps://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc and consider …
Generating NHS numbers for easier screening in prisons
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Lisa Summers, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
Back in September I wrote a blog post explaining how local abdominal aortic aneurysm screening (AAA) programmes can obtain NHS numbers when screening men in prisons.
IDPS Programme regional workshops 2016: working in partnership
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Sharon Webb, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
Another year has rolled by and it’s time for the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) team to get on the road and engage with you all again.
Evidence report highlights exciting year for UK NSC
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Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
The 2015 to 2016 screening year – 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 – was particularly exciting and productive for the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
Workforce survey highlights strain on breast screening service
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Jacquie Jenkins, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Breast Screening Programme
The NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) is perhaps a victim of its own success.
AAA screening regional networking and CPD event is huge success
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Naomi Hanwell, Posted on:
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
The East of England regional AAA screening group held a successful networking and CPD event at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Streamlining data collection processes for infectious diseases in pregnancy screening
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Matthew Charlton and Sharon Webb, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
The NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy (IDPS) programme recently published revised standards for 2016 to 2017. These standards include metrics to evaluate the programme and allow providers and commissioners to identify where improvements are needed.