Changes ahead for the national screening system
Changes ahead for the national screening system
Details of changes to the national screening system from 1 October, due to the closure of Public Health England.
What we blogged about in August and September 2021
Our round-up of the Public Health England (PHE) screening blog posts published in August and September 2021.
New resources to help improve quality of samples taken in NHS newborn blood spot screening
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Amy Headley, Michele Seddon and Jane McFarlane, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme
Local screening providers can make use of new shared resources to help improve quality of samples taken in NHS newborn blood spot screening.
Pinging in the changes – update on text messaging in screening
PHE has collaborated with Imperial College London to improve our guidance around text message reminders in the NHS screening programmes.
Updated national FASP screening standards published
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Rebecca Al-Ausi and Siobhan Alt, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
Information about the updated NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) screening standards.
SCT screening support service available for expert advice
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Michelle Rugless, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Support Service in Oxford provides expert technical and scientific support to screening services.
DQASS reporting website goes live
The new Down’s syndrome screening quality assurance support service (DQASS) reporting website goes live on 1 October 2021.
WHO highlights role of screening and vaccination in reaching hepatitis B control targets
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Jenny Neal and Sema Mandal, Posted on:
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme
An expert group at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted the success of the UK in achieving regional hepatitis B control targets.
Cervical Screening Saves Lives – evaluating the national campaign
An evaluation of the campaign shows there appears to have been a broadly positive impact and this can be used to help plan future interventions.
100th candidate completes NHS newborn hearing screening competency assessment
The 100th candidate successfully completed the external competency assessment (ECA) in September 2021.
NHSP standards consultation responses and supporting data report published
We have published a summary of the responses received, as well as a data report to provide evidence for the proposed changes in response to comments received.