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UK NSC recommends HPV self-sampling option for under-screened women in cervical screening programme

UK NSC recommends HPV self-sampling option for under-screened women in cervical screening programme

The UK NSC has recommended that women who never or rarely attend their routine cervical screening appointments could be offered a self-sampling test option.

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Safety first approach to AI in screening

Posted by: Goda Kijauskaite, Posted on: 17 May 2021 - Categories: General
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Before the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommends the use of AI, it’s essential to ensure the technologies do more good than harm at a reasonable cost.

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Welcome to the new UK National Screening Committee website

Posted by: Prof Bob Steele, Posted on: 17 May 2021 - Categories: General
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Prof Bob Steele, chair of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), welcomes everyone to the new UK NSC website.

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Embedding ethics at the UK National Screening Committee

Posted by: Catherine Joynson, Posted on: 23 March 2021 - Categories: General, UK National Screening Committee

The UK National Screening Committee has been reviewing the way it considers ethical issues.

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Advice for NHS breast screening services on the use of AI

Posted by: Kevin Dunbar, Posted on: 2 February 2021 - Categories: Breast Screening, UK National Screening Committee

Advice about the use of AI for breast screening.

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Heroic efforts during a year of huge challenges

Posted by: Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on: 23 December 2020 - Categories: General, UK National Screening Committee

Professor Anne Mackie thanked everyone involved in delivering the NHS screening programmes in 2020, an exceptionally challenging year.

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How do existing screening programmes get modified?

Posted by: Silvia Lombardo, Posted on: 25 November 2020 - Categories: UK National Screening Committee

Find out how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviews suggestions for modifications to NHS screening programmes.

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Help shape stakeholder and public involvement at the UK National Screening Committee

Posted by: Catherine Joynson, Posted on: 13 November 2020 - Categories: UK National Screening Committee

We launched a survey in 2020 to find out your views on how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) involves stakeholders and the public in its work.

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New start date for NHS SCID screening evaluation in England

Posted by: Christine Cavanagh, Posted on: 2 October 2020 - Categories: Newborn Blood Spot Screening, UK National Screening Committee

The NHS severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) screening evaluation in England is scheduled to start from September 2021.

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Your chance to suggest a new NHS screening programme

Posted by: Andrew Anderson, Posted on: 15 September 2020 - Categories: UK National Screening Committee

It's hard to believe it's been a year since the last annual call, but the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is once again open to ideas for new population screening programmes.

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Conference maintains momentum to combat screening inequalities

Posted by: Jo Taylor, Posted on: 7 January 2020 - Categories: General, UK National Screening Committee

In 2019, around 130 delegates attended the first national PHE Screening Inequalities Conference.

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