Health equity audit guidance published for NHS screening providers and commissioners
A new health equity audit has been published specifically aimed at supporting screening providers and commissioners.
How to help women with learning disabilities access antenatal and newborn screening
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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
We’ve published new guidance for screening professionals to support women with learning disabilities and their partners to access and understand antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening.
Ensuring pregnant trans men get equal quality care
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Jonny Fertray, Posted on:
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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
Pregnant trans men can face some unique challenges when accessing healthcare.
Screening information leaflets: the digital equality impact assessment
Citizens Online have been analysing data from almost 600 responses to the Equality Impact Assessment and share their first findings.
Making breast screening more accessible: views from British-Pakistani women
Researchers at the University of Manchester interviewed women from underserved populations to hear what the main barriers to attending breast screening were for them.
Working together to tackle cancer screening inequalities in London
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Josephine Ruwende, Katherine Taylor, Dr Sophie Jose, Julie Lees and Dr Nicola Lang, Posted on:
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NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme
The Healthy London Partnership has been focusing on tackling health inequalities, including those in cancer screening.
Bowel cancer screening — new information for people with learning disabilities
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NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
PHE Screening has published new information and resources to support people with learning disabilities with bowel cancer screening. There is an updated easy guide to having a colonoscopy, a new easy guide to having a CTC scan and new guidance.
How Leicestershire used national resources to tackle AAA screening inequalities
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Annette Olalobo, Posted on:
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NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
How the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme used a quality assurance (QA) visit to tackle inequalities.
Reducing barriers to screening for LGBT people
The LGBT Foundation works to reduce inequalities in screening for LGBT people.
Conference maintains momentum to combat screening inequalities
Around 130 delegates attended the first ever national PHE Screening Inequalities Conference.