Bursaries available for popular health screening course
A small number of bursaries are now available for the ever-popular Warwick health screening module.
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Prepare your screening submissions for the 2022 annual call
Next month, the UK NSC will once again open its annual call process when any individual or organisation can suggest a new screening programme. Following the expansion of the committee’s remit, the UK NSC will welcome proposals for targeted and stratified screening as well as population screening.
Nearly one third of a million babies screened for SCID already
More than 300,000 babies in England have already been screened for severe combined immunodeficiency in an evaluation run by the UK NSC and NHS England.
Guidance on evaluating AI for use in breast screening
Find out more about the new Lancet Digital Health article on the UK NSC approach to reviewing evidence on AI in breast screening.
Meeting the challenges of rare diseases in NHS newborn blood spot screening
Find out more about Blood Spot Task Group (BSTG) and how it is helping inform UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) evaluations into screening for rare diseases.
Updated definition of targeted screening will help clarify remit of expanded UK NSC
An updated definition of targeted screening will help clarify the remit of the expanded UK NSC.
Prof Sir Mike Richards delighted to launch expanded remit of UK National Screening Committee
New chair Professor Sir Mike Richards officially launches the expanded UK NSC with a video message.
Professor Sir Mike Richards announced as new UK National Screening Committee chair
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has appointed a new chair to contribute to its ongoing development.
We’re looking for 3 new members to join expanding UK NSC: apply now
The UK NSC is recruiting 3 new members to support its expanded role and remit.
Child-family cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia
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As part of our work to develop a new approach to ethics to help guide the work of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), we tested the proposals by looking at family cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).