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Opportunities to join the UK National Screening Committee

Opportunities to join the UK National Screening Committee

The UK NSC is looking to appoint 4 new members to support its work advising ministers and the NHS in the 4 UK countries about all aspects of screening.

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The Generation Study: exploring genome sequencing in newborns

Posted by: Amanda Pichini, Posted on: 12 February 2025 - Categories: General

Amanda Pichini, Clinical Director at Genomics England, explains how the Generation Study hopes to provide evidence to inform future screening approaches.

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Targeted Lung Health Check Programme renamed the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme

Posted by: Charlotte Smith, Posted on: 31 January 2025 - Categories: General

From 1 February 2025, the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Programme will be known as the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme.

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2021 to 2022 data from England underlines huge impact of national NHS screening programmes

Posted by: Sophie Mitra, Posted on: 30 January 2025 - Categories: General

The importance of the NHS screening programmes to the public’s health is underlined in a high level summary of data from the NHS Screening Programmes in England for the screening year 2021 to 2022.

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Sign up for UK NSC online seminar on multi-cancer detection tests

Posted by: TJ Day, Posted on: 24 January 2025 - Categories: General

The UK NSC is holding an online seminar on 27 February, focusing on multi-cancer tests. Sign up now.

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New screening masterclass dates announced

Posted by: Jo Harcombe, Posted on: 17 January 2025 - Categories: General

The UK NSC has announced 2 new dates for its popular screening masterclass, one in May and one in July.

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UK NSC meeting welcomes findings of review into effectiveness of AAA screening in the UK

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 16 January 2025 - Categories: General

Minutes published of UK NSC meeting held on 21 November 2024.

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NHS England starts detailed implementation planning for tyrosinaemia screening

Posted by: Miranda Lawton and Jane Hibbert, Posted on: 18 December 2024 - Categories: General

Detailed planning work under way for implementation of newborn screening for tyrosinaemia in England.

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SMA ISE partnership board updated on very useful modelling study workshop

Posted by: Mike Harris, Posted on: 10 December 2024 - Categories: General, Newborn Blood Spot Screening

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.

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Health screening module as popular as ever in its 14th year

Posted by: Harriet Strachan, Posted on: 5 December 2024 - Categories: General

‘An excellent experience all round’: screening professionals are full of praise for 5-day Warwick course.

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UK NSC consults on offering HPV self-sampling option to under-screened people in cervical screening programme

Posted by: Carolina Martinelli, Posted on: 4 December 2024 - Categories: Cervical Screening
UK National Screening Committee consultation opens on the evidence for additional breast screening for women with dense breast tissue.

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.

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