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Screening school. Lesson plan 2
Screening school. Lesson plan 2 This is a short blog setting out the things I would expect a pretty robust answer on were we considering introducing a screening programme for something. It is a follow on from lesson 1 (Lesson 1 – Screening school. Screening 101) Test & programme test- safe, acceptable, valid, cut off…
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Screening school. Screening 101
Screening school. Screening 101 This is a repost of an old blog “Screening saves lives” – trips off the tongue doesn’t it Try this – “Screening does harm, sometimes good, often huge opportunity cost” – trickier to land on a daily mail headline? And this -“screening rarely does more good than harm in the context…
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Is screening different to case finding in high risk groups
Is screening different to case finding in high risk groups This is a repost of an old blog The NSC provides advice to the 4 UK Governments on screening policy Often “screening” is done under the premise of “ahhh but its not population screening, its case finding in populations at high risk”. I was asked…
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Screening School Lesson 1
Screening School Lesson 1 This is a repost of an old blog Screening school. Lesson 1 I’ve written a lot on screening. Mainly for a technical audience. I often assume that’s there is a lot more background knowledge than people really have. I was asked by someone with little knowledge of screening to give a single…
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Screening Creep and the harm done
I have been pretty vocal on ever creeping of proposals to screen for things a long way beyond National Screening Committee recommendation in the past. Lung cancer is the focus of this one. I wrote a lot on this a year or so ago in response to the planned rollout in G Mancs Carl…
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Screening school. Lesson 1
Screening school. Lesson 1 I’ve written a lot on screening. Mainly for a technical audience. I often assume that’s there is a lot more background knowledge than people really have. I was asked by someone with little knowledge of screening to give a single key reference that summarises the field in a few sides. I…
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Breast screening, age extension and IT errors. What next
The furore of the mistake in the breast cancer screening programme continues unabated in the press. Of course the mistake should be put right, of course there should be a review. It would be interesting if the terms of reference for the review were openly debated, especially given the controversy breast cancer screening generates. In…
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Lung cancer screening
I’ve written a little on this already I know a thing or two about screening. It’s not like other healthcare, there’s an ethical issue of inviting people who think they are well……for a test that may have good and bad downstream consequences. It’s ethically not the same as offering someone with symptoms a test. I…
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Gadgets and gizmos as a tool to screen for AF 5 reasons for caution
Smart watches, gadgets in the back of phones etc…… I’m not yet persuaded. Why? – Answer in 5 parts – Accept I’m hardline on this. 1). Optimise treatment in the current diagnosed population first. With robust patient centred care and shared decision making One of the reasons why the proposition to screen failed NSC test…
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Screening 101 – lesson plans
“Screening saves lives” – trips off the tongue doesn’t it Try this – “Screening does harm, sometimes good, often huge opportunity cost” – trickier to land on a daily mail headline? And this -“screening rarely does more good than harm in the context of a programme that is both clinically and cost effective, and affordable.”…