Guidance

Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening pathway requirements

An overview of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening end-to-end pathway.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 21 June 2021
• Last updated: 25 September 2025
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  1. 25 September 2025

     Small additions relating to the aorta that has grown by more than 1cm in 12 months, including new flowchart.

  2. 6 January 2025

     Removed 'specification' from the title. Changed lead organisation from Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to NHS England. Removed DHSC email address. Removed 'specification' from the title of the HTML document.

  3. 21 June 2021

     First published.

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening pathway requirements

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This document provides an overview of AAA screening by describing what should happen at each stage of the end-to-end pathway.