What PHE Screening blogged about in March 2018
A list of every blog issued in March 2018.
Log on to order leaflets from our new national print supplier
Local screening providers can start ordering from new national print provider APS Group via its online ordering portal.
GPs’ role in helping people decide whether they want screening
Posted by:
Dr Jim McMorran, Posted on:
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Categories:
General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
It’s important GPs help ensure everyone gets the information they need in order to decide if screening is the right thing for them depending on their circumstances.
Get ready for our new national screening print provider
On Monday, 2 April, 2018, a new supplier, APS Group, will take over the printing, storage and distribution of these leaflets. To prepare for this change, there will be 2 weeks of ‘down time’ – from Monday 19 March to Sunday, 1 April, 2018 – when local screening providers will not be able to order leaflets from our current national printing supplier, Harlow Printing Ltd.
We’ve updated our easy guide leaflet to breast screening
Today we’ve published an updated version of our easy guide to breast screening. This leaflet aims to ensure that our information about breast screening is equally accessible to women who have a learning disability or struggle with written English.
Finding out if easy guides to screening meet the needs of pregnant women who have learning disabilities
Posted by:
Sarah Morgan, Posted on:
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Categories:
NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
An evaluation of our Screening tests for you and your baby easy guides will help us to share good practice that will benefit pregnant women with learning disabilities across the country.
New PHE Screening leaflet for trans and non-binary people has improved awareness
Posted by:
Andrew Gilliver, Posted on:
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Categories:
General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
PHE Screening's leaflet for people who are trans or non-binary has been very well received by trans communities and healthcare professionals alike.
Education and training: now on GOV.UK
Information about education and training for the NHS Screening Programmes is now on GOV.UK. This includes guidance and resources previously found on the CPD Screening website.
Experts by experience are central to development of easy read screening information
Posted by:
Deborah Rees and Sharon Ashby, Posted on:
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Categories:
General information, NHS Breast Screening Programme
The PHE Screening easy read information expert group met again to look at updating our easy read breast screening information and developing new easy read screening invitation letters.
Women with learning disabilities are least likely to attend breast cancer screening – except in Cornwall
Women with a learning disability who are eligible for breast screening are the least likely to attend, even though it can save their life.