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Resources to support the commissioning and provision of child vision screening.
This guide sets out what population screening is, how it works, and its limitations.
Laboratories can use this template to notify a GP or child health records department (CHRD) that a child's blood spot screen for cystic fibrosis (CF) is not complete.
Information on the programme, including commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
Information from the Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST), including the database of police protective standards.
This provides details for screening providers on moving from printed leaflets to digital alternatives.
Population screening programmes can cause harms as well as benefits, which need to be weighed up by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
A report on the research to find a replacement for the Holmes Wright B (HWB) lantern test carried out on behalf of the MCA.
This document explains the Down’s syndrome screening quality assurance support service (DQASS) and how to use it.
This guidance is for local authorities and providers of child vision screening, providing a service specification and screening pathway.
An overview of the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme, its services and contact information.
This document explains the process for how conditions become part of NHS population screening.
How to get an ENG1 or ML5 medical certificate.
Modified materials for the 2022 phonics screening check.
Population screening programmes: Population screening: evidence and guidance
This information accompanies all invitations for child vision screening, offered to children aged 4 to 5 years.
Information on the programme, including the screening tests, commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.
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