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.
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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
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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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.
NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening annual standards report published
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The NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening programme annual standards report for 2023 to 2024 has been published.
Partners updated on SMA screening project workstreams
The SMA Screening In-service evaluation (ISE) Partnership Board held its latest meeting on 17 September, and received updates from partners, stakeholders and expert sub-groups.