25 years on: how the UK NSC has transformed screening for the better
The UK National Screening Committee is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Dr Angela Raffle looks back at its creation and how it has transformed screening for the better.
Inequalities consistently addressed in quality assurance visits to local NHS screening services
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Val Armstrong and Helen Smith, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
A national audit of quality assurance visits to local screening services found that SQAS teams consistently address inequalities in visits across all screening programmes.
Hepatitis B quality improvement project launches with focus on screening and monitoring
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Laura Smeaton and Pat Schan, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
The hepatitis B quality improvement project has launched after nearly 3 years of planning and preparation. Find out more in this latest in a series of PHE Screening blog articles about this important project.
Screening incidents: thinking differently
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Suzette Woodward, Posted on:
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Suzette Woodward, an international expert on patient safety advising PHE on its review of the screening incident guidance, sets out her thoughts on how learning from safety incidents could be strengthened.
Hepatitis B quality improvement project – new resources
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Patricia Schan, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
New resources launched as part of the hepatitis B quality improvement project.
‘Significant breakthrough’ towards cervical screening self-sampling
An update on self-sampling in the cervical screening programme.
NHS Breast Screening Programme pathology audit 2016 to 2019 published
PHE screening has published the National Breast Screening pathology audit for the 3-year period April 2016 to March 2019.
Hepatitis B quality improvement project update
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Sharon Webb and Patricia Schan, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
A useful update about the the hepatitis B quality improvement project for those of you working in the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme.
New support is available for NHS antenatal and newborn screening providers to offer more digital screening info
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Liane Powell, 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
With coronavirus limiting social contact, we have been helping maternity providers to signpost women to digital versions of our NHS antenatal and newborn screening information.
New checklist to reduce avoidable repeat tests
Avoiding repeat newborn blood spot screening tests one maternity service at a time