Norwegian lung cancer screening delegation visit
A team of clinicians and experts from Norway visited England to learn about the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme.
Professor Anne Mackie
Professor Anne Mackie is the Director of Screening at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Anne’s previous roles have included Director of Public Health for London Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and Director of Screening at Public Health England (PHE).
She lives in London with her partner and their daughter.
Seminar explains process of planning and running an in-service evaluation
Nearly 100 people logged on to the second UK NSC web-based seminar, which focused on planning and implementing an in-service evaluation.
First UK NSC online seminar a resounding success
More than 90 stakeholders attended the UK NSC's first online seminar on the development of a clinical pathway for the modelling of targeted lung cancer screening.
Our friends in the north: UK NSC hosts annual Nordic Screening Network meeting
The UK NSC hosted the annual meeting of the Nordic Screening Network, sharing learning with screening colleagues from Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Progress and next steps in the UK NSC assessment of newborn screening for SMA
UK NSC recommends that a new independent modelling study should be commissioned on screening for spinal muscular atrophy in the UK.
Update on the evaluative rollout of NIPT in England
Update on the evaluative rollout of non-invasive prenatal testing in the existing NHS screening programme for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome in England.
Evaluation of NHS newborn screening for SCID extended to March 2024
The practical evaluation of screening for severe combined immunodeficiency in English NHS services is being extended until the end of March 2024. Interim data from the evaluation is encouraging.
Expert research and methodology group gets down to work
The UK NSC's new expert research sub-group is getting to grips with an important and varied workload.
Assessing the evidence for using multi-cancer early detection tests in screening
Multi-cancer early detection tests, which hold out the hope of detecting dozens of cancers before symptoms emerge, present a major but exciting new challenge for the UK National Screening Committee and its processes for reviewing evidence.
UK NSC screening manual describes best practice for national screening programmes
The new UK NSC screening manual sets out the evidence base, policy requirements, implementation processes, quality assurance requirements and core pathway components needed for national screening programmes.