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Diabetic eye screening updates
Information about updates to the level 3 diploma for health screeners working in the NHS diabetic eye screening programme.
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Updated standards for infectious diseases in pregnancy
Standards for the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme have been updated.
Changes to NIPE programme standards and handbook
Revisions to two NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) screening programme clinical guidance documents have been published.
Updated screening standards for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes
We have published updated screening standards for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP).
Fetal anomaly screening programme standards report updated
We've made some changes to the 2015 to 2016 data report for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme.
Have your say on the future of the screening quality assurance service
The screening quality assurance service is launching a period of informal consultation on a revised national operating model.
Diabetic eye screening is exactly the same for people who have rarer forms of diabetes
The NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme helps prevent sight loss in people with diabetes. Screening can detect diabetic retinopathy early, when treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage from the condition.
2017 to 2018 screening service specifications: the main changes
NHS England has published the 2017-18 service specifications for all 11 NHS Screening Programmes. The specifications accompany the 2017-18 agreement that outlines how NHS England commissions certain public health services under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006.
Could you represent patient and public views on screening?
It's really important that NHS services listen to the people who actually use them - patients and members of the public. Otherwise we could end up with services that look great on paper but...
EQA (external quality assessment) in cervical screening: what's it all about?
The breast, bowel and cervical screening programmes require consultant pathologists and other specialist laboratory staff to take part in ‘external quality assessment’ or EQA. But what is EQA exactly?