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.
Newborn blood spot screening: new guidelines, leaflets and data published
...guidelines for newborn blood spot sampling our latest annual data report new inherited metabolic disease (IMD) leaflets for parents The quick guide version of the revised newborn blood spot sampling...
Get ready for major changes to process for ordering cancer screening leaflets
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TJ Day, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
...and bowel cancer screening resources. This will bring the printing, storage and distribution of all publications for the 11 NHS screening programmes under one roof. The cancer screening publications are...
Rubella susceptibility screening in pregnancy ends on 1 April
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Sharon Webb, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
Antenatal screening for rubella (German measles) susceptibility stops on 1 April 2016.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: 2014 to 2015 data report published
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Matthew Charlton, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
...report in full, here are some of the key findings for 2014 to 2015: approximately 710,000 women (down from 731,000 in 2013 to 2014) received antenatal screening for sickle cell...
Updated guidance for GPs on PSA testing for prostate cancer
PHE Screening has published an updated information pack to help GPs and primary care professionals advise well men aged 50 and over about prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer.
Improving timeliness of antenatal screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia
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Jamili Miah, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
...deliver screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia. Antenatal screening for SCT aims to identify people who are genetic carriers of these and other haemoglobin disorders (conditions that affect red blood...
Diabetic eye screening: keep checking the numbers to maintain accurate patient lists
Diabetes UK estimates that more than 4 million people are living with diabetes in the UK. That number has been increasing by around 5% a year, which underlines the scale of the challenge facing local diabetic eye screening programmes that …
Reasons for differing haemoglobin variant percentages in carriers
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Shirley Henderson, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
...normal beta chains. Other beta globin variants, such as J –Baltimore, are negatively charged andcompete well for the alpha chains and therefore have higher percentages. Another property of a variant...
Updated Screening tests for you and your baby booklets mailed out to all maternity units
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Mike Harris, Posted on:
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NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, 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
During March we are mailing out copies of the new print run of the 'Screening tests for you and your baby' booklet to every NHS trust in England that has a maternity unit.
Key performance indicators drive improvements in AAA screening performance
...Of the 41 local AAA programmes, 2 didn’t meet the acceptable threshold, 28 programmes reached the acceptable threshold and 11 reached the achievable threshold of 100%. These figures showed that...