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.
Going the extra mile to provide equitable AAA screening service
NHS Screening Programmes offers screening to all eligible patients within a defined population. However, ensuring equality of access to services for patient groups with specific needs can be challenging.
We’re calling a favour from our helpdesk callers (and from those who have emailed us)
If you’ve contacted the screening helpdesk recently, you may have noticed, and you may have even completed, our user survey.
Best practice guidance published for AAA screening nurse specialists
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Patrick Rankin, Posted on:
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
The nurse specialist is an important role in the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme.
Newborn blood spot (NBS) screening celebrates the first anniversary of programme expansion
It’s been a year since the NHS newborn blood spot screening programme expanded screening for an additional 4 inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs): maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) isovaleric acidaemia (IVA) glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1) homocystinuria (pyridoxine unresponsive) (HCU) We …
Promoting screening and immunisation through the healthy child programme
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Sharon Webb and Robert Sherriff, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
The 'Healthy child programme 0 to 19: health visitor and school nurse commissioning service specifications and guidance' are now available This suite of 4 documents contains the following commissioning guides:
Sign up now for 2016 national diabetic eye screening conference
If you work in diabetic eye screening or have an interest in the programme then I suggest you save the following date in your diary: Friday 22 April.
Screening algorithms for trusts that merge in the sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme
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Cathy Coppinger, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We, the sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme, recently published a document which defines and clarifies how to determine whether there is a high or low prevalence of SCD and thalassaemia within the area served by an NHS hospital trust. …
Antenatal and newborn screening: sharing best practice across London
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Alison Fiddler, Posted on:
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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
All women and babies should have access to high quality antenatal and newborn screening programmes.
2016-17 service specifications published for NHS screening programmes
NHS England has now published the 2016-17 service specifications for all 11 NHS Screening Programmes.
Success of the new sonographer training package is set to continue
At the beginning of 2015, we, the fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP), introduced an extra step for sonographers during the 18 to 20-week pregnancy scan. Previously, sonographers were required to take 4 views of the fetal heart during this scan …