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
...before the conference is over! We seem to have a knack of underestimating the popularity of this particular resource. Maybe it’s because it’s all there in one place and a...
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
...conditions was quite low in BME communities, often due to cultural and language barriers. The team therefore worked with the Sickle Cell and UK Thalassaemia Societies to plan the best...
Newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot under way
...screening is not yet available to all babies in England, the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) programme is currently piloting the test in 15 trusts across England. The aims...
Listening to what people think of the UK National Screening Committee
...almost 400 stakeholders who have registered their interest in one or more of our topic areas, as well as publicising it through social media and our NHS networks. The survey...
Exciting developments with blood spot failsafe
...not only a blood spot that had been missed but the postnatal care of mum and baby. It is all sorted now. Exciting developments The next step is for labs...
What’s new in the fetal anomaly screening programme?
...for T18 and T13 The policy as recommended by the UK National Screening Committee is to offer first trimester screening to assess the risk of the baby being born with...
12 months of screening achievements
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Mike Harris, Posted on:
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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 …