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NHS England starts detailed implementation planning for tyrosinaemia screening

Posted by: Miranda Lawton and Jane Hibbert, Posted on: 18 December 2024 - Categories: General

Detailed planning work under way for implementation of newborn screening for tyrosinaemia in England.

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SMA ISE partnership board updated on very useful modelling study workshop

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 10 December 2024 - Categories: General, Newborn Blood Spot Screening

The latest meeting of the SMA Screening In-service evaluation Partnership Board heard that interim results of a new modelling study into SMA screening for the UK context had been presented to a stakeholder workshop.

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Health screening module as popular as ever in its 14th year

Posted by: Harriet Strachan, Posted on: 5 December 2024 - Categories: General

‘An excellent experience all round’: screening professionals are full of praise for 5-day Warwick course.

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UK NSC consults on offering HPV self-sampling option to under-screened people in cervical screening programme

Posted by: Carolina Martinelli, Posted on: 4 December 2024 - Categories: Cervical Screening
UK National Screening Committee consultation opens on the evidence for additional breast screening for women with dense breast tissue.

The UK NSC is consulting on whether to offer an HPV self-sampling option to people who rarely or never attend their cervical screening appointments.

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UK NSC received 26 new submissions in response to 2024 call for topics

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 3 December 2024 - Categories: Uncategorized

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) received 26 proposals in response to its 2024 annual open call for topics.

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