General principles of screening
Screening may be described as the process of looking at a population perceived to be at risk from a condition in an attempt to identify those at higher risk, in whom some intervention may be made.
A summary of the timeline for the current NHS screening programmes is presented below:
Related pages
- Criteria for screening
- Characteristics of a screening test
- Screening protocols in the UK
- Wilson criteria for screening
- NHS screening programme for sickle cell and thalassaemia
- Faecal occult blood tests (diagnosis of colorectal cancer)
- Screening with elective repair of asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)
- Screening for diabetic retinopathy
- Breast cancer screening
- Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) screening
- Antenatal and newborn screening
- NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
- NHS Health Check (vascular risk)
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