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Using the power of social media in screening
Warrington maternity unit is using Facebook instant articles to transform the way we share learning to improve the quality and safety of antenatal and newborn screening. The main difference between...
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Learning points for local services following bowel cancer screening event
More than 350 people attended the bowel cancer screening event in Leeds One of the roles of the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) is to support quality improvement across all 11 NHS screening...
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Moving towards a career in nursing with the Health Screener Diploma
Shannon is on his way to becoming a nursing associate Shannon Daly is a screening technician for Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme. He is taking the...
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A day in the life of an antenatal and newborn screening failsafe officer
Leanne doing her day-to-day duties as an ANNB failsafe officer I am an antenatal and newborn failsafe screening officer for Northumbria Healthcare Trust. My post was a new position within the Trust....
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Updated guidelines for the use of imaging in the bowel cancer screening...
The updated document replaces the guidance document from 2011. It reflects the experience and changing evidence of the role of imaging and particularly of computed tomography colonography (CTC) as the...
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Raising awareness of the AAA screening programme in rural areas
Awareness of the AAA screening programme is being promoted in rural areas Over the past 4 years, Hereford and Worcester abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme has been exploring ways to...
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The journey from audiologist to newborn hearing screener
Hayley at the clinic for newborn hearing screening Background Before I was a newborn hearing screener, I was an audiologist for 38 years — the last 6 of those working in paediatrics. I tested children...
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New checklist to reduce avoidable repeat tests
NB2 is a key performance indicator (KPI) for the newborn blood spot screening programme (NBS) that measures the number of avoidable repeat tests. The acceptable level for this KPI for this service is...
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Raising diabetic eye screening uptake in the LGBT community
Alex Matheson (l) and Sara Gill raising diabetic eye screening awareness at an LGBT event. A recent blog from the LGBT Foundation discussed some of the specific health inequalities that the LGBT+...
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Not FIT for the bin — the importance of bowel cancer screening
PHE Screening helpdesk advisor, Katy Parker (r), with her mum and dad I joined the Public Health England (PHE) screening helpdesk a year after my dad lost his battle with bowel cancer at the age of 70....
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