Make sure you do not run out of screening leaflets over Christmas
Informed choice is one of the most important principles at the heart of screening.
What makes a good publication?
What do you like reading? When you're not at work, it could be all sorts of things. My 9-year-old son has discovered the joy of a good novel. He's just finished all the Harry Potter books and has started on …
New translated versions of newborn screening leaflets available
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Mike Harris, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
We aim to ensure NHS screening programmes are equally accessible to everyone who is eligible for testing.
New national diabetic eye screening patient information leaflet published
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme offers everyone aged 12 or over who has diabetes an annual screening test for diabetic retinopathy.
New newborn hearing screening operational guidance published
My name is Julie Tucker. Since late 2015, I have spent the one day a week when I’m not managing the newborn hearing screening service in Oxford writing the new NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) operational guidance on behalf of …
Networking, national updates and shared learning at London antenatal and newborn screening forum
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Mai Dang, Posted on:
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General information, 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, Screening Quality Assurance Service
The London Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) team held a successful forum for screening coordinators and heads of midwifery from all London maternity units.
New duty of candour guidance helps ensure we’re open and honest in screening
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Sue Cohen, Posted on:
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General information, NHS Breast Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
We get lots of questions about how to apply duty of candour regulations in screening programmes.
Who'd opt out of screening?
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Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on:
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General information, UK National Screening Committee
We’ve often discussed on this blog why screening is always a choice. This means that while many people will want to be screened, some won’t. It is our job to make sure the choice someone makes is the right one for them and acted on appropriately.