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
...38,000 newborn babies. This is likely to identify around 300 babies with heart problems. The NIPE team has worked with the 15 pilot site trusts who have now either aligned...
Listening to what people think of the UK National Screening Committee
...to so many people who have so many different perspectives on screening. It's helped out to refine our understanding and description of what distinguishes systematic population screening programmes from other...
Exciting developments with blood spot failsafe
...example: There has been one record that I wanted to make you aware of which was for a baby born at [hospital]. They failed to notify [neighbouring community team] of...
What’s new in the fetal anomaly screening programme?
...and the other for T18 / T13. A risk cut-off determines those women who are in the ‘higher risk’ group and considered ‘screen positive’ – this is currently set at...
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 …