Screening year report showcases our work to reduce inequalities
Get a glimpse of what is included in the NHS Screening Programmes in England 2017 to 2018 report
A busy, productive and challenging year for screening
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
Director of screening Professor Anne Mackie thanks everyone working in screening for all their hard work and expertise over the past 12 months.
Find out what was top blog in 2018
It’s nearly Christmas, which means it's time to find out what's top of the blogs.
Guide to 2018/19 screening specifications
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Andrew Anderson, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, 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
NHS England has published the 2018 to 2019 service specifications - important reading for those involved in the commissioning and provision of screening services in England.
Our child vision screening resources - a year on
It's hard to believe that it was almost a year ago when we published the suite of resources to support the commissioning and delivery of high quality vision screening for 4 to 5 year olds in England.
UK NSC reports on its year of screening recommendations
We have published the latest annual report of the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendations on whether to screen for conditions based on reviews of the best quality evidence.
Newborn blood spot screening handbook just got better
We’ve just published an updated version of the newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme handbook for health professionals.
Timing is everything in FASP screening
One of the questions health professionals regularly ask us via our screening helpdesk is ‘to whom and when can screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes be offered?’
Shared learning at QA forum
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Zoë-Dawn Anderson, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
The London screening quality assurance service recently held a forum for heads of midwifery and screening coordinators.
Latest screening KPI data and other updates
Key performance indicators (KPIs) measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a high level overview of programme quality. This blog post updates you on our latest KPI data publications.