Embedding ethics at the UK National Screening Committee
The UK National Screening Committee has been reviewing the way it considers ethical issues.
Updated screening book launched
Find out about the second edition of the Screening: Evidence and Practice book by Angela Raffle, Anne Mackie and Muir Gray.
Making sure the UK NSC keeps recommendations up to date
The UK National Screening Committee evidence team is trialling a new approach to make the process of reviewing evidence for screening more efficient.
Angela’s masterclass to understanding screening is still going strong
The screening masterclass is still going strong nearly 20 years on.
Don’t let good intentions undermine population screening principles
Professor Anne Mackie explains that it is important that healthcare policy makers do not risk undermining or overlapping with NHS population screening.
UK NSC stakeholders learn how we turn screening requests into practice
A look back at the 3rd annual UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) stakeholder event.
UK NSC reports on its year of screening recommendations
Screening in the UK: making effective recommendations 2016 to 2017 summarises all the screening recommendations made between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017 and the evidence behind those recommendations.
Can you tell the difference between the UK NSC and PHE? And does it matter?
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Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on:
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General, UK National Screening Committee
Screening folk can be a loyal bunch – either that or it’s a difficult discipline to escape from! A colleague of mine recently reached the amazing milestone of working 30 years in screening, making me reflect on my own career.
Driving forward research into GBS
A look at Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and screening.
Addition of non-invasive test to screening for Down’s syndrome, Edward’s syndrome, Patau’s syndrome
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Professor Anne Mackie, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee
A new test will be added to the screening programme for Down’s syndrome, Edward’s syndrome, Patau’s syndrome.