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.
New report summarises screening recommendations made during 2013 to 2014
The UK’s processes and standards for reviewing screening policy and making screening recommendations are recognised and respected as world leading.
Getting animated with our screening timeline
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once” (Albert Einstein) The NHS Screening Programmes have their own way of making sure everything “doesn’t happen at once”. We have the antenatal and newborn screening timeline which (below …
Reaching out to high risk communities
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Cathy Coppinger, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
One of the biggest challenges we face is raising awareness of the importance of screening among those people most at risk of the condition we are testing for.
Newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot under way
Each year, around 3,500 babies – or 1 in 200 of all those born in England – have some kind of heart defect.
Listening to what people think of the UK National Screening Committee
I'm sure we'd all say that it's important to listen but sometimes we only do it with half an ear – or perhaps not at all.
Exciting developments with blood spot failsafe
In today’s blog post we’d like to tell you about the great progress we’ve made with the Newborn Blood Spot Failsafe Solution (NBSFS).
What’s new in the fetal anomaly screening programme?
I’m sure you’re all very aware of the big changes we’ve made recently to the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP). From April 2015, eligible pregnant women in England started to be offered first trimester combined screening for Trisomy 18 (Edwards’ …
12 months of screening achievements
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General information, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Population screening programmes provide compelling evidence that early intervention reduces the burden of disease and improves health.
Key performance indicators: what does the latest data show?
In our blog last week, we introduced the key performance indicators for screening and how they can help drive local improvements in screening services. In this follow-up blog, we’re going to look at the last KPI data we published.
7 years of newborn hearing screening data
The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) has helped to find thousands of babies with hearing loss since it started. We’ve just published a summary of the first 7 full years of data in the International Journal of Audiology so …