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Screening is the process of identifying individuals who may be at higher risk of a disease or condition amongst large populations of healthy people.

Once identified, those individuals can consider further tests, and healthcare providers can offer them interventions of benefit.

A screening programme needs to offer more benefit than harm, at a reasonable cost to the NHS.

Read more about NHS population screening.

Recommendations for screening

皇冠体育app UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) makes recommendations on all aspects of population screening. 皇冠体育app UK NSC鈥檚 sets out over 100 conditions, including recommendations to screen for more than 30.

Recommendations on whether to screen for a condition are based on internationally recognised criteria and a rigorous evidence review process.

皇冠体育app UK NSC meets 3 times a year to make new recommendations or update existing ones based on reviews of the best quality evidence available at this time. 皇冠体育app annual evidence report summarises all the screening recommendations made during the year.

Evidence review process

皇冠体育app UK NSC has published its process for reviewing the evidence relating to the introduction, modification and cessation of national population screening programmes.

This includes details of how to propose a new topic for consideration by the UK NSC, request an early update to a topic where there is new evidence or suggest a change to an existing screening programme.

Screening programmes

皇冠体育appre are currently 6 antenatal and newborn programmes in England:

• sickle cell and thalassaemia
• fetal anomaly
• infectious diseases in pregnancy
• newborn and infant physical examination
• newborn blood spot
• newborn hearing screening

皇冠体育app NHS young person and adult programmes screen for:

• eye problems in people with diabetes
• abdominal aortic aneurysms

皇冠体育appre are also 3 screening programmes that test for pre-cancerous cell changes in the body.

In women:

• breast
• cervical

In both men and women:

• bowel

皇冠体育app annual NHS Screening Programmes in England report celebrates the work of the 11 programmes and includes high-level data for each.

Screening in the rest of the UK

Each devolved administration is responsible for implementing screening programmes based on local need and the UK NSC鈥檚 recommendations. Find out more from each country: