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This guide sets out what population screening is, how it works, and its limitations.
Core principles and elements of all screening programmes
Policy, evidence and practice for screening programmes
Differences in screening policy and implementation across the UK.
UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme.
Population screening programmes can cause harms as well as benefits, which need to be weighed up by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
Best practice for the facilitation of informed choices in screening.
Important information about private screening tests offered by commercial organisations and how they differ from NHS screening programmes.
Principles of informed choice applied in screening programmes
This guidance is for local authorities and providers of child vision screening, providing a service specification and screening pathway.
Guidance on requesting advice from the UK National Screening Committee Research and Methodology Group for screening research proposals.
The process by which the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviews evidence relating to national population screening programmes.
Annual call for topics process for submitting proposals to the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).
This information accompanies all invitations for child vision screening, offered to children aged 4 to 5 years.
Definitions of words and phrases used in relation to population, targeted and stratified screening programmes.
Activities to assess the quality of screening programmes, monitor compliance with standards and support quality improvement.
Summary of purpose and intended audience for this manual.
Workforce considerations for screening programmes.
Essential elements and recommended practice for screening IT systems, data collection and reporting.
Principles for developing, reviewing and publishing screening standards.
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