The English government has endorsed the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to add hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 to the conditions screened for by the NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme.
The UK National Screening Committee's (UK NSC's) work to improve the newborn screening evidence base features prominently in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024.
The third UK NSC web-based seminar focused on the potential benefits and limitations of using polygenic scores to calculate the overall chance of developing a disease or condition.
The UK National Screening Committee held a horizon scanning event in Edinburgh to explore potential developments in research, international policy making and emerging technologies related to bowel cancer screening.
The UK NSC has held the inaugural meeting of the partnership board which will oversee the development of the in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in real world NHS services.
We have published updated information on paid-for commercial screening tests and how they differ from quality-assured end-to-end NHS screening programmes
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The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the NHS in the 4 UK countries about all aspects of population screening and supports implementation of
screening programmes.