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.
How (breast cancer) aware are you?
It’s October, which means it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month again! This international campaign has grown from strength to strength since 1985. It aims to raise awareness of the disease, hopefully leading to earlier detection and more simple treatment.
AAA programme highlights importance of nurse specialist role
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
...with their local programme’s nurse specialist. The role of this nurse practitioner/vascular nurse is to assess men and give them appropriate advice on lifestyle changes. They can also refer men...
NIPE implementation update
...NIPE rollout includes the implementation of the national IT system, the Screening Management and Reporting Tool (NIPE SMART). The national programme supports trusts to achieve implementation deadlines and ‘go live’...
Are you coming to our first ever UK NSC conference?
...three topics we’ve chosen are atrial fibrillation, expanded newborn blood spot screening and preterm labour. But don’t worry if you’re not involved in these areas as much of the information...
Ensuring equity of access to screening tests
...and Justice Team, the National Offender Management Service, NHS England and other PHE colleagues to establish an interim process for screening in prisons ahead of the introduction of a new...
Got a screening question?
If you want to know something about the national NHS Screening Programmes, the screening helpdesk is there to help. Enquiries to the helpdesk have increased by almost half, from 971 to 1,440 in the last year - especially since taking …
Things are changing around hear
...their families can be offered the right support, treatment and information at the very earliest stage, helping to ensure they can reach their full educational and social potential. Significant changes...
Consultation reminder!
Just a reminder that the consultation on a revised version of the guidelines for newborn blood spot sampling closes on 29 September. These guidelines, which were last updated in 2012,...
Making the grade
...in detecting outliers do not incorrectly label good graders as poor by chance because of small numbers Programmes will be able to download the reports from TAT and export them...
Improving outcomes for babies with genetic disorders
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Annette McHugh, Cathy Coppinger and Christine Cavanagh, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
...for Genes Day. To take part you simply have to wear denim to work or school and make a donation for the chance to do so. PHE screening blog The...