Guidance

Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: vascular nurse specialist guidance

This document provides guidance on the vascular nurse specialist role for local AAA screening services in England.

Applies to England

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This publication includes recommendations and guidelines for good clinical practice for vascular nurse specialists in reviewing men with screen detected aneurysms within the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme.

Updates to this page

Published 17 February 2016
Last updated 2 June 2025 show all updates
  1. Amended the recommended whole time equivalent (0.1 WTE per 800,000 total population) to align with updated AAA programme guidance. Wording clarified and duplication removed.

  2. Added HTML version of previous PDF document.

  3. First published.

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