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2018: a busy, productive and challenging year for screening

Posted by: Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on: 21 December 2018 - Categories: General, UK National Screening Committee

Director of screening Professor Anne Mackie thanks everyone working in screening for all their hard work and expertise in 2018.

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Annual call for new screening programmes open

Posted by: Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on: 1 October 2018 - Categories: UK National Screening Committee

It's the time of year when we throw open the doors of the UK National Screening Committee to ideas for new population screening programmes.

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UK NSC reports on its year of screening recommendations

Posted by: Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on: 12 August 2018 - Categories: UK National Screening Committee

The launch of the 2017 to 2018 annual report of the UK National Screening Committee.

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Guidance on informed choice in screening

Posted by: Sikha de Souza, Posted on: 12 August 2018 - Categories: General, UK National Screening Committee

Launch of UK NSC branded guidance on personal informed choice.

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Primary HPV testing update

Posted by: Ruth Stubbs, Posted on: 1 March 2018 - Categories: Cervical Screening, Screening Quality Assurance Service, UK National Screening Committee

In 2016 it was announced that HPV primary screening will be rolled out in the cervical screening programme. Here we take a look at how the plans are coming along.

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