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NHS population screening standards

All screening programme standards for NHS population screening programmes in England.

Updates to this page

From:
NHS England
Published:
31 March 2010
Last updated:
3 February 2026
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  1. Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England.

  2. Added 'Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme: standards.'

  3. Added bowel cancer screening standards to collection.

  4. Added breast screening standards.

  5. First published.

Standards are agreed by the national screening programmes.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening

Bowel cancer screening

Breast screening

Cervical screening

Diabetic eye screening (DES)

Fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP)

Infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS)

Newborn blood spot (NBS) screening

Newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP)

Newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE)

Sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening

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