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.
Key performance indicators: what are they all about?
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are used by many organisations including Public Health England to see if they’re meeting their objectives. But what exactly are they, how do they work and what value do they add for people delivering screening services? …
Why saying no to screening can be a good thing
...unpleasant or dangerous side effects. So although we completely understand that some people will be disappointed when the UK NSC recommends against screening for a particular condition, we hope you...
Choices, choices, choices
We offer screening tests to millions of people every year, male and female, at every stage of life. But we only do so if the evidence proves that screening does more good than harm for the population as a whole. …
Making Sense of Screening
Sense About Science has released a new edition of the Making Sense of Screening guide which aims to inform the public about screening. Many people are tested in screening programmes but the tests – however good – are never perfect.
Making learning more enjoyable
...thalassaemia. We currently have modules on: antenatal and newborn screening managing incidents fetal anomaly screening (T21 and nuchal translucency) infectious diseases in pregnancy screening newborn and infant physical screening newborn...
Cancer and non-cancer screening joining forces
...and non-cancer teams were still very separate. I headed up the non-cancer screening teams, as well as the secretariat and evidence-reviewing teams for the UK National Screening Committee. Julietta Patnick...
Introducing GOV.UK for screening
After lots of hard work, screening information for healthcare professionals has now moved to GOV.UK.