Policy papers and consultations

The UK NSC is consulting on whether to add the quadruple test to the antenatal screening pathway for Edwards' syndrome.

• From: UK National Screening Committee
• Updated: 21 February 2024

• Edwards' syndrome screening quadruple test consultation

  This consultation is open to the public and stakeholders (individuals and…

UK NSC consulted on whether providers can safely use digital pathology as an alternative to light microscopy in examination of NHS cancer screening samples.

• From: UK National Screening Committee
• Updated: 28 December 2023

The newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) consulted on proposed changes to NHSP standards

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 15 September 2021

• NHSP standards consultation: data report

  The newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) aims to identify permanent…

• NHSP standards consultation: respondent demographics

  Organisations Responses were received from 50 organisations.…

We are seeking views on proposals to revise the policy for chlamydia screening in England.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 24 June 2021

The National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) is changing to focus on reducing reproductive harm of untreated infection in young women.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 24 June 2021

We are asking for views on how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) involves stakeholders and the public in its work.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 13 November 2020

The government's response to recommendations made by the Independent Breast Screening Review.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 14 March 2019

Collecting and prioritising questions for future research in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 13 February 2019

Proposals to change the newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) hip screening pathway. This consultation closed on 27 June 2018.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 16 May 2018

We are inviting comments on revised guidelines for newborn blood spot sampling.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 April 2018

This consultation seeks views on the draft materials produced for commissioners and providers of school-entry vision screening.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 24 October 2017

The NHS Breast Screening Programme is consulting on draft consolidated programme standards.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 8 February 2017

We invited comments on the draft revised standards for the NHS Newborn Blood Spot (NBS) Screening Programme.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 26 January 2017

Sets out desired outcomes for public health and how they will be measured.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 10 December 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government