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NHS England starts detailed implementation planning for tyrosinaemia screening
Detailed planning work under way for implementation of newborn screening for tyrosinaemia in England.
SMA ISE partnership board updated on very useful modelling study workshop
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General, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme
The latest meeting of the SMA Screening In-service evaluation Partnership Board heard that interim results of a new modelling study into SMA screening for the UK context had been presented to a stakeholder workshop.
Health screening module as popular as ever in its 14th year
‘An excellent experience all round’: screening professionals are full of praise for 5-day Warwick course.
UK NSC consults on offering HPV self-sampling option to under-screened people in cervical screening programme
The UK NSC is consulting on whether to offer an HPV self-sampling option to people who rarely or never attend their cervical screening appointments.
UK NSC received 26 new submissions in response to 2024 call for topics
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) received 26 proposals in response to its 2024 annual open call for topics.
Using OCT eye scans in post screening pathway will save tens of thousands of NHS hospital appointments every year
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NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
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.
Timely detection of thousands of cancers underlines benefits of a national lung cancer screening programme
More than 5,000 lung cancers have been detected since the launch of the Targeted Lung Health Check programme, which will become a national lung cancer screening programme.
HPValidate cervical screening self-sampling study publishes final results
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Dr Jo Waller, Dr Matejka Rebolj and Carolina Martinelli, Posted on:
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NHS Cervical Screening Programme
The HPValidate study has published its final results and found that 4 combinations of HPV self-collection device and test worked well – these can now be used to help find out how self-sampling could be introduced into cervical screening.
Journal article showcases UK NSC workshop on risk stratification in breast screening
A journal article has been published about a UK NSC workshop on risk stratification in breast screening.
Prudence, not popularity, is the key to UK NSC’s work, says Chris
Our latest UK NSC member profile focuses on Professor Chris Hyde.