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NHS population screening: care pathways

The pathway for each screening programme illustrates how the screening processes work, from contacting a person for screening onward.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 June 2015
• Last updated: 19 August 2021 — See all updates

Note: The Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) programme handbook page includes the care pathways for this programme.

Antenatal and newborn screening

• Fetal anomaly screening: care pathways
  • 19 May 2021
  • Guidance
• Infectious diseases in pregnancy screening: care pathway
  • 10 June 2021
  • Guidance
• Newborn blood spot screening: care pathway
  • 3 February 2021
  • Guidance
• Newborn hearing screening: care pathways
  • 29 October 2020
  • Guidance
• Newborn and infant physical examination: programme handbook
  • 7 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: care pathway
  • 29 March 2021
  • Guidance

Young person and adult screening

• NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: care pathway
  • 16 June 2021
  • Guidance
• Bowel cancer screening: care pathway
  • 16 June 2021
  • Guidance
• Breast screening: care pathway
  • 17 June 2021
  • Guidance
• Cervical screening: care pathway
  • 18 August 2021
  • Guidance
• Diabetic eye screening: care pathway
  • 2 October 2023
  • Guidance

Published 1 June 2015
Last updated 19 August 2021 + show all updates

1. 19 August 2021

   Added Cervical screening: care pathway.

2. 28 August 2019

   Added link to Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) care pathways.

3. 1 June 2015

   First published.