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23 May 2013
Expanded newborn blood spot screening newsletter
The expanded newborn screening pilot is looking at whether blood spot screening can be extended to a further 5 very rare but very serious conditions.
Its May 2013 newsletter has just been published. It provides an update on the data collected by the project and the project that is investigating the best approach to and timing of communication with parents.
22 May 2013
New consultation on screening for domestic violence in adults
The UK National Screening Committee has started a consultation on the evidence of screening for domestic violence in adults .
This consultation runs until the 22nd August 2013.
Submissions are invited from all interested parties
15 May 2013
New consultation on screening for syphilis in pregnancy
The UK National Screening Committee has started a consultation on the evidence of screening for syphilis in pregnancy.
This consultation runs until the 14th August 2013.
Submissions are invited from all interested parties
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15 May 2013
Screening Matters Issue 13
The new issue (January - February 2013) of the UK NSC's Screening Matters newsletter is now available online, with the latest screening policy information, as well as updates on the English national screening programmes and cross-programme work.
3 May 2013
New Consultation on Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
The UK National Screening Committee has started a consultation on the evidence of carrier screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
This consultation runs until the 5th of August 2013.
Submissions are invited from all interested parties
26 April 2013
New consultation on screening for COPD
The UK National Screening Committee has started a consultation on the evidence of screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease.
This consultation runs until the 26th of July 2013.
Submissions are invited from all interested parties
19 April 2013
Recommendations on screening for SCID, Osteoporosis, Biliary Atresia, Canavan's disease, Familial Dysautonomia, Tay Sachs disease and TMS for SCD and Thalassaemia in Wales
At its meeting on 20 March 2013, the UK National Screening Committee recommended against introducing population-based screening programmes for the following conditions:
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Osteoporosis
Biliary Atresia
Canavan's disease
Familial Dysautonomia
Tay Sachs disease
The draft minutes and briefing notes from the March UK NSC meeting are also available here.
All the conditions will be reviewed again in 3 years or earlier if significant new evidence emerges before then.
The UK NSC also discussed the use, in Wales, of tandem mass spectrometry technology and agreed to the use of the new technology and testing protocols in the roll out of newborn screening for Sickle cell disease in Wales.
5 April 2013
Expanded newborn blood spot screening newsletter
The expanded newborn screening pilot is looking at whether blood spot screening can be extended to a further 5 very rare but very serious conditions.
Its April 2013 newsletter has just been published. It provides an update on the data collected by the project in terms of births, declines, screen positives, true positives and false positives.
27 March 2013
New report on prostate cancer screening
The UK NSC has updated its 2010 option appraisal on screening for prostate cancer to incorporate newly released data from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC).
22 March 2013
New consultation for screening in Old Age to prevent hospitalisation and death
The UK National Screening Committee has started a consultation on the evidence for screening in old age to prevent hospitalisation and death.
This consultation runs until the 22nd of June 2013.
Submissions are invited from all interested parties.
To access the consultation please click on the link below: -
http://www.screening.nhs.uk/oldage
