Population screening programmes – guidance

Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes

Describes the processes for managing safety incidents in the NHS screening programmes.

Documents

Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2015442 PDF, 246KB, 48 pages

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Screening incident assessment form

MS Word Document, 86.7KB

Detail

These documents explain the incident management procedures for NHS screening programme providers and commissioners and provide a form for notifying incidents to the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS).

Read this guidance alongside NHS England’s Serious Incident Framework.

Training for incident management

The Screening Incident Management Resource is available for health professionals working in NHS population screening.

• Published: 1 March 2015
• Updated: 30 October 2015

+ full page history

• 30 October 2015 10:26am: New version, October 2015.
• 7 July 2015 5:07pm: Added the screening incident assessment form.
• 1 March 2015 12:00am: First published.

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: commission and provide