The role of patient and public voice members on the UK NSC
Find out more about the role of the UK NSC's patient and public voice members (PPVs) and the essential contribution they make to the work of the committee.
Mike Harris
Mike is the head of UK NSC transparency and public understanding. A former journalist, he has worked in screening since 2010.
Why evidence maps are the UK NSC’s first step in reviewing screening evidence
Using evidence maps as the first stage in its evidence review process helps the UK NSC focus its more detailed work on topics where there is the most significant new evidence.
Updated UK NSC evidence review guidance and processes
The UK NSC has published a new collection of documents on GOV.UK that describe its processes and principles for implementing the chief medical officers’ recommendations for the committee’s expanded remit.
UK NSC recommends introduction of targeted lung cancer screening
The UK NSC has recommended that the 4 UK nations should move towards implementing a targeted national lung cancer screening programme, integrated with smoking cessation services.
Report published marking 25 years of UK National Screening Committee
Today, we publish a report summarising the work of the UK National Screening Committee over the past 25 years.
New chair of the UK NSC: I feel very honoured
Bob Steele talks about becoming chair of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) in 2016.
New report summarises screening recommendations made during 2013 to 2014
We have just published the Screening in the UK: making effective decisions 2013 to 2014 report that summarises all the UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC’s) screening recommendations during the year.