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The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises ministers and the NHS in the 4 UK countries about all aspects of screening and supports implementation of screening programmes. UK NSC is part of the Department of Health and Social Care...
Information on the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, including commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
A contents page for NHS England population screening programmes including details such as programme standards, education and training and quality assurance
Information on the programme, including commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
This document explains the NHS view on private screening for different conditions and diseases.
Guidance and resources to support providers and commissioners in reducing screening inequalities.
Activities to assess the quality of screening programmes, monitor compliance with standards and support quality improvement.
To help ensure that an authority giving development consent for a project makes its decision knowing the likely effects on the environment.
These publications explain NHS antenatal screening programme tests, possible results and follow-up tests.
Read an overview of the NHS breast screening programme (BSP), and learn how to contact the programme.
Information for parents and carers who are offered screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) for their babies.
Tuberculosis (TB) screening and early detection methods, for professionals working with at-risk populations in the UK.
National processes and guidance for the collection and reporting of data in the NHS screening programmes.
Resources to support the management of children who missed newborn screening tests.
Policy, evidence and practice for screening programmes
Guidance to help primary care, commissioners and local authorities plan and evaluate initiatives around cervical screening coverage in their area.
Overviews of the population screening end-to-end pathways.
A collection of quality assurance reports and standards covering the range of population screening services offered by NHS England.
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