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A big thank you to NHS screening services

Posted by: Anne Stevenson, Posted on: 9 July 2021 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, NHS Breast Screening Programme, NHS Cervical Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

This blog thanks everyone working in the young person and adult screening programmes for the huge efforts made during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Virtual clinical skills trainers and quality assurance leads (AAA) regional networking events

Posted by: Tsitsi Muchayingeyi, Posted on: 17 June 2021 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme

Register now for a regional AAA networking event in September.

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Improved newborn hearing screening e-learning module coming soon

Posted by: Hannah Garnett, Posted on: 11 November 2020 - Categories: NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme

An updated version of the newborn hearing screening e-learning module is coming soon. But before it does, it is important that anyone undertaking the current module finishes it before 30 November 2020.

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PHE Screening in the time of coronavirus

Posted by: Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on: 5 June 2020 - Categories: General information
A Government infographic shows a man and a woman 2 metres apart, which equates to 3 steps or the length of a double bed.

For the time being this blog will focus on essential information to help support screening services.

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Launch of 2 new resources to support the diploma for health screeners

Posted by: Lindsay Kimm and Tsitsi Muchayingeyi, Posted on: 9 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme, NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
A group of health screening health professionals gather in a group to launch the updated Level 3 screening diploma

PHE Screening has launched a new Health Screener Diploma e-resource to make training even better.

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Not FIT for the bin – the importance of bowel cancer screening

Posted by: Katy Parker, Posted on: 5 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
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A personal story of loss and gain

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Updated guidance on the training of cervical sample takers

Posted by: Ruth Stubbs, Catherine Witney and Sharon Whitehurst, Posted on: 5 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme
A nurse speaking to a female patient

Promoting high-quality specialist training for cervical sample takers

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Save the dates: clinical skills trainers and image quality assurance leads (AAA)

Posted by: Tsitsi Muchayingeyi, Posted on: 2 March 2020 - Categories: NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
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A call for clinical skills trainers and quality assurance (QA) leads to register for national events later this year.

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New cervical screening guidance on call and recall administration published

Posted by: Claire Robinson, Posted on: 24 February 2020 - Categories: NHS Cervical Screening Programme
Image shows woman reading cervical screening appointment letter. You can just see the NHS logo on the top of the piece of paper..

We have published new guidance on administration good practice in the call and recall service.

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Raising diabetic eye screening uptake in the LGBT community

Posted by: Alex Matheson, Posted on: 18 February 2020 - Categories: NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
Two women (Alex Matheson and Sara Gill) sitting at a desk at a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual event

Engaging the LGBT community in diabetic eye screening

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