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New UK NSC guidance explains how conflicts of interest can be mitigated

Posted by: Jo Harcombe, Posted on: 18 March 2024 - Categories: General

New UK NSC guidance explains how the committee decides if action is required to mitigate declared conflicts of interest by stakeholders and members.

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English government endorses recommendation to screen newborns for tyrosinaemia

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 14 March 2024 - Categories: General

The English government has endorsed the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to add hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 to the conditions screened for by the NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme.

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SMA ISE clinical pathway expert sub-group meets for first time

Posted by: Jo Harcombe, Posted on: 13 March 2024 - Categories: General

SMA screening in-service evaluation clinical pathway group holds its first meeting.

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Screening workstreams prominent in England Rare Diseases Action Plan

Posted by: Silvia Lombardo, Posted on: 4 March 2024 - Categories: General

The UK National Screening Committee's (UK NSC's) work to improve the newborn screening evidence base features prominently in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024.

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