Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2018
...produced Health Matters: a call to action to GP practices, local authorities and CCGs to raise awareness, map the coverage issues and improve access to screening. PHE will continue to...
New PHE Screening leaflet for trans and non-binary people has improved awareness
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Andrew Gilliver, 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
PHE Screening's leaflet for people who are trans or non-binary has been very well received by trans communities and healthcare professionals alike.
Don’t run out of leaflets over Christmas!
If your screening service needs to put in any last-minute pre-Christmas leaflet orders, the message is: make sure you get them to national print supplier Harlow Printing Ltd before 20 December.
New duty of candour toolkit published to support breast services
The newly published ‘Breast screening: interval cancers and duty of candour toolkit’ advises health professionals on how to communicate information on interval cancers to women who were previously screened in the programme.
Experts by experience are central to development of easy read screening information
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Deborah Rees and Sharon Ashby, Posted on:
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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.
Easy guide to bowel scope screening published
Today we’ve published our new easy guide to bowel scope screening to ensure information about bowel screening is equally accessible to people with learning disabilities and anyone who struggles with written English.
Vision screening comes of age – new resources now available
Today we’ve published – after several years of hard work by many talented people – a large set of resources that can help providers ensure high quality local screening services.
Poo sticks saved my life, says bowel cancer screening fan Shane
This year, on 17 July, I went to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) for a colonoscopy. For the uninitiated it’s where a highly trained individual sticks a camera up your bottom. Take it from me, it’s really quite painless, …
We’ve updated sickle cell and thalassaemia screening guidelines for counselling and referral for prenatal diagnosis
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Jamili Miah, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We have updated our national guidance on counselling and referral for prenatal diagnosis for women and couples at risk of having a baby with sickle cell disease or thalassaemia major.