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Guidance for healthcare professionals covering the pathway for sickle cell and thalassaemia screening.
Information on the programme, including the screening tests, commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
Information on purchasing, installing, maintaining and the quality assurance of breast ultrasound scanners for the NHS breast screening programme.
Information on the programme, including commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
Information for pregnant women to understand what it means to be a beta thalassaemia carrier.
This leaflet provides information on having a colonoscopy if further tests are needed after using the NHS bowel cancer screening test kit.
Tuberculosis (TB) screening and early detection methods, for professionals working with at-risk populations in the UK.
Resources to support screening professionals in their initial training and continuing professional development (CPD).
This guide provides details of current (open) UK NSC consultations, previous (closed) consultations and descriptions of the types of consultation we run.
UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme.
Guidance for laboratories handling samples for the NHS infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme.
Screening standards for the diabetic eye screening programme.
Explains what quality assurance is and the processes involved.
An easy to read leaflet explaining diabetic eye screening (DES).
Screening standards for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP).
Screening standards for the NHS cervical screening programme (CSP)
This guidance explains what is required of health professionals carrying out newborn blood spot (NBS) screening.
Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for people working in the NHS cervical screening programme (CSP) in England.
Guidance on the mammographic aspects (both clinical and technical) of breast screening QA and the quality control of radiographic procedures.
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