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The UK NSC annual report, summarising the committee’s work and achievements during the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, highlights many examples of the committee’s evolution and innovation
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UK NSC text expert member Professor Bethany Shinkins loves the intellectual challenge of assessing complex evidence about the potential benefits and harms of screening.
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The UK NSC’s 2024 annual call has opened, giving stakeholders the chance to propose potential new screening programmes, new technologies, modifications to current programmes, or early updates to topics the committee has considered recently.
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The UK NSC is working to understand multi-cancer detection tests and their possible impact on screening through multiple strands of work.
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Two new dates have been announced for our popular screening masterclasses in autumn 2024 and stakeholders can book a place now.
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An update from the third meeting of the spinal muscular atrophy screening in-service evaluation partnership board.
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