Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes
The processes for managing safety incidents in the NHS screening programmes.
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Guidance to explain the incident management procedures for NHS screening programme providers and commissioners and provide a form for notifying incidents to the Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS).
Read this guidance alongside NHS England’s Serious Incident Framework.
Last updated 14 July 2023 + show all updates
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Screening incident assessment form (SIAF) has been updated to include introduction of Lynch Syndrome
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Put into accessible HTML format.
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Updated version of 'Managing incidents in NHS screening programmes' document to include appendix 2.
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Added updated version of screening incident assessment form and guidance document.
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Updated versions of both documents added.
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New version, October 2015.
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Added the screening incident assessment form.
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First published.