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This guide sets out what population screening is, how it works, and its limitations.
Core principles and elements of all screening programmes
Differences in screening policy and implementation across the UK.
Policy, evidence and practice for screening programmes
UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme.
Open call for topics process for submitting proposals to the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
Population screening programmes can cause harms as well as benefits, which need to be weighed up by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
Important information about private screening tests offered by commercial organisations and how they differ from NHS screening programmes.
Guidance on requesting advice from the UK National Screening Committee Research and Methodology Group for screening research proposals.
Principles of informed choice applied in screening programmes
The process by which the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviews evidence relating to national population screening programmes.
Summary of purpose and intended audience for this manual.
This guidance is for local authorities and providers of child vision screening, providing a service specification and screening pathway.
Definitions of words and phrases used in relation to population, targeted and stratified screening programmes.
Best practice for assessing the effectiveness of a screening programme
This guide provides details of current (open) UK NSC consultations, previous (closed) consultations and descriptions of the types of consultation we run.
Health inequalities principles for screening programmes.
Principles for developing, reviewing and publishing screening standards.
How the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) engages with its stakeholders.
Workforce considerations for screening programmes.
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