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.
Blood spot quality is getting better – and more can be done!
It’s been over a year since blood spot screening labs in England began using the same new guidelines for assessing sample quality and we’d like to update everyone on progress.
Make the most of resources and advice to ensure screening is accessible to all
I lead on learning disabilities for the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi). It's important to note that all organisations providing NHS or public funded adult social care must have fully implemented the Accessible Information Standard by the end of July.
A day in the life of an antenatal screening co-ordinator
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Pat Schan, 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
It takes a large army of staff to make screening programmes work well. Today, we start a series of blog articles highlighting some of their roles. Pat Schan talks about her job as antenatal and newborn screening coordinator at Western …
Training and education for admin staff in diabetic eye screening
I work as a QA advisor in the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) in the north of England. I thought it would be worth reminding all those commissioning or working in diabetic eye screening programmes of the current situation around training …
Happy birthday PHE Screening blog
June 2016 heralded the first birthday of the PHE Screening blog and what a fruitful year of blogging it has been.
Shared learning: mask helps improve KPI performance for fetal anomaly screening
Background All eligible pregnant women in England are offered screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes. Staff must fully complete the laboratory request form with the correct information to enable the screening laboratory to process the sample without delay and …
What’s new and coming up with NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination e-Learning?
Please note that the information in this blog post is now out of date. Read information on the new look NIPE e-learning. The NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) e-Learning module is a free training resource which launched on …
Purple praise for Hertfordshire AAA Screening Programme's equality work
I'm the coordinator of the Hertfordshire Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and we were recently awarded a Purple Star for our work with people with learning disabilities.
Share your experience and good ideas to improve screening for all
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Nadia Permalloo, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Do you have some learning to share? Then we want to hear from you.
Audits can ensure patients don’t slip through diabetic eye screening net
Population screening programmes can only improve public health if they correctly identify and then invite everyone who is eligible to be screened.