Anneke helps the UK NSC navigate the complexities of clinical genetics evidence in screening when public expectations about the ability of genetics to predict ill health are running high.
The UK NSC and its partners were updated on work to review the evidence for newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy at the second meeting of the SMA in-service evaluation partnership board.
The English government has endorsed the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to add hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 to the conditions screened for by the NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme.
The UK National Screening Committee's (UK NSC's) work to improve the newborn screening evidence base features prominently in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024.
The third UK NSC web-based seminar focused on the potential benefits and limitations of using polygenic scores to calculate the overall chance of developing a disease or condition.
Bursary winners encourage other screening professionals to look into studying master's level health screening module.
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The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the NHS in the 4 UK countries about all aspects of population screening and supports implementation of
screening programmes.