Screening Position Statement

In the UK, the UK National Screening Committee has since 1996 served the function of overseeing the evidence for screening programmes and recommending for or against their implementation. Although now part of Public Health England, the UK NSC is an independent body who commission and research policy in relation to screening, independent of government. NICE makes occasional recommendations about screening, but health improvement and public health bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland tend to follow the UK NSC guidance.

• RCGP Position Statement on Screening by organisations which have not been approved by the UK National Screening Committee [PDF]

More information on screening

• Template letter for GPs to send to private providers offering non approved screening tests (51 KB PDF)
• Private screening: GPs shouldn’t have to deal with results, says RCGP - BMJ article