Guidance

Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening pathway requirements

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

Applies to England

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 21 June 2021
Last updated 25 September 2025 show all updates
  1. Small additions relating to the aorta that has grown by more than 1cm in 12 months, including new flowchart.

  2. 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. First published.

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