News archive - January 2012
23 January 2012
Launch of new NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme website
The English National Screening Programme for Diabetic Retinopathy today changed its name to become the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.
The new national programme name will help to raise awareness of the importance of eye screening as it will be more accessible and meaningful for people with diabetes and the wider public. The new national programme website has also been launched - the address is now diabeticeye.screening.nhs.uk.
20 January 2012
CHT screening in preterm infants
The NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme has published its revised policy for CHT screening in preterm infants, which will be implemented in all four UK countries on 1 April 2012.
20 January 2012
HTLV-1 Consultation
The UK NSC has started a national consultation on a review of the evidence for screening for HTLV-1 in pregnancy.
Consultation runs until 20th April 2012. Submissions are invited from all interested parties.
20 January 2012
Launch of Serious Incident Toolkit
The UK NSC has launched its Serious Incident Toolkit, which complements the existing guidance on "Managing Serious Incidents in National Screening Programmes".
It explains in more detail how to apply the principles of incident management to individual serious incidents in the context of the English national screening programmes. It also contains a number of documents and templates to assist with managing SIs, as well as a advice on handling communications issues.
19 January 2012
Leaflet translations now more accessible
The English antenatal and newborn screening leaflet for parents (Screening Tests for You and Your Baby) is translated into 18 languages.
These translations are now easier to access, particularly for people who don't speak English. There are direct links, in both English and the other languages, at the bottom of every website page.
Each section of the leaflet is also now described in the appropriate language as well as English.
