Publications

Annual report from the UK National Screening Committee, focusing on policy development and screening programmes across... more »

Annual report from the UK National Screening Committee, focusing on policy development and screening programmes across the UK.

Results from the Nov/Dec 2010 website survey on the UK Screening Portal and English screening programme websites. The... more »

Results from the Nov/Dec 2010 website survey on the UK Screening Portal and English screening programme websites. The survey showed that although the majority of people rate the quality of content on these websites extremely highly, some improvements could be made to make finding information quicker and easier. A number of recommendations are being taken forward to address this.

Annual report from the UK National Screening Committee, focusing on policy development but also summarising screening... more »

Annual report from the UK National Screening Committee, focusing on policy development but also summarising screening programmes in each part of the UK.

Corrected version, 1 April.

The annual report of the UK National Screening Committee, covering the period from April 2008 to March 2009. It covers... more »

The annual report of the UK National Screening Committee, covering the period from April 2008 to March 2009. It covers the policy development work of the UK NSC during this period as well as updates on the national screening programmes in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

(Updated version 8 Sep)

This handbook brings together in one place information on our current state of knowledge about vascular... more »

This handbook brings together in one place information on our current state of knowledge about vascular risk assessment, risk reduction and risk management.

This best practice guidance (from December 2007) sets out roles and responsibilities for the collaborative commissioning... more »

This best practice guidance (from December 2007) sets out roles and responsibilities for the collaborative commissioning of national screening programmes, as recommended in Sir David Carter's Review of Commissioning Arrangements for Specialised Services. More information can be found on the Department of Health website.

Note that this document replaces the previous version from November 2004.

Planning for screening programmes during pandemic influenza: Advice for SHAs, PCTs and providers. Updated on 3 August... more »

Planning for screening programmes during pandemic influenza: Advice for SHAs, PCTs and providers.

Updated on 3 August 2009 to include information on cancer screening.

The annual report of the UK National Screening Committee, covering the period from April 2007 to March 2008. It contains... more »

The annual report of the UK National Screening Committee, covering the period from April 2007 to March 2008. It contains general information about the work of the UK NSC during this period as well as updates on the national screening programmes in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

This report was commissioned by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to investigate best practice to reduce... more »

This report was commissioned by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to investigate best practice to reduce inequalities in screening uptake. The investigation was carried out between June and September 2008. A literature review and survey of primary care organisations were carried out to identify interventions to improve equity in screening uptake.

This report is a supplement to the 'Reducing inequity and inequality in accessing national screening programmes'... more »

This report is a supplement to the 'Reducing inequity and inequality in accessing national screening programmes' report. Its purpose is to describe which screening equity analyses are possible using existing datasets for the antenatal, neonatal, child health, diabetic retinopathy, breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer screening programmes.