Phil is the UK NSC Lead for Screening Data, IT, Standards and Effectiveness. He is a former Chair of the British Association of Retinal Screening and has worked in screening since 2009.
A UK-wide effectiveness review shows that the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programmes have been highly effective in reducing the transmission of serious infections from mother to baby.
Certain screening principles can help support better implementation of clinical guidance without turning that guidance into a screening programme.
A review of data has found that AAA screening in the UK has been effective and has contributed substantially to ongoing reductions in AAA-related deaths.
The phased implementation of OCT scans into the post-diabetic eye screening treatment and surveillance pathway in England is expected to save tens of thousands of hospital appointments every year.