Blog: UK National Screening Committee

The UK National Screening Committee held a horizon scanning event in Edinburgh to explore potential developments in research, international policy making and emerging technologies related to bowel cancer screening.

The UK NSC has held the inaugural meeting of the partnership board which will oversee the development of the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in real world NHS services.

We have published updated information on paid-for commercial screening tests and how they differ from quality-assured end-to-end NHS screening programmes

The UK NSC has updated its guidance and processes for individuals working with the committee to declare any interests that may conflict, or be perceived to conflict, with that work.

There were nearly 290,000 separate visits to the UK NSC's 3 online platforms during 2023, reflecting the committee's ongoing commitment to continually improve its stakeholder engagement.

The UK NSC has endorsed the use of digital pathology as an alternative option to light microscopy for the review of cancer screening histopathology slides.

Three chapters added to UK NSC screening in healthcare manual which gives an overview of best practice for implementing health screening programmes anywhere in the world.

UK NSC survey results give big thumbs-up to blog and constructive feedback on web pages.

The UK NSC is very excited by the news, announced on International Men’s Day, of a major new prostate cancer screening trial backed by £42 million of funding from Prostate Cancer UK and the government.