How we’ve improved newborn hearing screening and reduced parental anxiety
The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme screens babies during the first few weeks of their lives to find those who are born with hearing loss.
Clinical skills trainers: register now for national AAA screening event
The NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme is delighted to confirm that we will be hosting a networking day aimed specifically at clinical skills trainers (CSTs) on 2 March 2018.
Sharing best practice in newborn hearing screening to ensure early assessment of babies
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NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Report highlights how best performing newborn hearing screening sites ensure early assessment of screen-positive babies in audiology.
Clinical skills trainer challenges for AAA screening providers
Local providers face an ongoing challenge to make sure they have enough clinical skills trainer capacity to support AAA screening technicians.
Sign up now for 2018 national diabetic eye screening conference
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme is again joining forces with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to hold the fifth national diabetic eye screening conference on Friday 20 April.
Fascinating insights and entertaining performances at first national diabetic eye screening networking day
The inaugural NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme networking day enabled people from across the world of diabetic eye screening to network with colleagues and get operational updates from the national programme team.
Away day highlights importance of working together when managing screening incidents
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General information, Screening Quality Assurance Service
It never ceases to amaze me what we can accomplish when we get the right people in the room. Around 50 delegates from the Screening quality Assurance Service (SQAS) North and Screening and Immunisation Teams (SITs) in the region along with Jane Woodland, Regional Head of QA Midlands and East, and newborn blood spot (NBS) laboratory directors attended a recent away day event.
Date set for 2018 AAA screening national networking day
We will be holding our next annual national AAA screening networking day on 27 June 2018.
Hundreds have already attended new NIPT training
The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme is running a series of training events to help healthcare professionals support women in making personalised informed choices about screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes.
It’s so helpful to share learning from safety incidents in screening
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, Screening Quality Assurance Service
Antenatal and newborn screening coordinator shares learning from a screening safety incident in the fetal anomaly screening programme.