Guidance

Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes

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

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Public Health England
Published
1 March 2015
Last updated
16 July 2021 — See all updates

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Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes

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Reporting and managing screening incidents flowchart

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Screening incident glossary

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Screening incident assessment form (SIAF)

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Details

Guidance to 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.

Published 1 March 2015
Last updated 16 July 2021 + show all updates

  1. Put into accessible HTML format.

  2. Updated version of 'Managing incidents in NHS screening programmes' document to include appendix 2.

  3. Added updated version of screening incident assessment form and guidance document.

  4. Updated versions of both documents added.

  5. New version, October 2015.

  6. Added the screening incident assessment form.

  7. First published.

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