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National Screening Service

We run 4 national population screening programmes: 3 that screen for cancer, and 1 that screens for diabetic retinopathy.
About what we do

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Equity in screening

We work to improve equity in screening, to address the barriers to screening and to make screening more accessible to everyone.

Featured news

News update from the National Screening Service – 17 April 2025

Our latest news update highlighting Bowel Cancer Awareness month 2025.

BreastCheck achieves re-accreditation from EUREF, recognising excellence in service delivery

Our BreastCheck programme has received re-certification from EUREF - the European Reference Organis…

New BowelScreen programme report highlights importance of screening to prevent bowel cancer

We’ve published our BowelScreen Programme report for 2022-2023.

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