The UK National Screening Committee holds online seminars on important themes related to screening tests and programmes.
Our next seminar will look at assessing the effectiveness of screening programmes, using the 10-year effectiveness review of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening as a case study.
The seminar, held via MS Teams, will be on Monday 1 December 2025, 10.30am to 12.00pm (GMT).
To register to attend, please complete this short form.
Registration closes at 11.59pm on 30 November 2025.
Presentations will be followed by a panel Q&A session.
Measuring the success of screening
This seminar will look at:
- why assessing the effectiveness of existing screening programmes is important
- what is meant by ‘effectiveness’
- the development of an effectiveness review process
We will hear from colleagues involved in the AAA screening effectiveness review, and how the resulting report has been used.
The seminar will be chaired by Professor Anne Mackie, UK NSC Director of Programmes. Our presenters will be:
- Phil Gardner – UK NSC Lead for Screening Data, IT, Standards and Effectiveness
- Harriet Strachan – UK NSC Screening Data and Effectiveness Analytical Manager
- Mr Jonothan Earnshaw – Consultant Vascular Surgeon (retired) and former NHS AAA Screening Programme Director
- Dr Robyn Fletcher – Consultant in Public Health, Senior Clinical Lead for the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes, NHS England
- Kate Jordan – Head of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) and Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Operations, NHS England
UK NSC seminars
Anyone with a role or interest in screening is welcome to register for this event. Feel free to share the details with colleagues.
Please note our seminars are not recorded, but we share the presentation slides in our blog and via our UK NSC seminars webpage.
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