Following a recent meeting, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has made a number of new recommendations, including:
- The faecal immunochemical Test (FIT) should replace the current first test used in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
- Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) should be introduced as an additional test into the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) as part of an evaluation.
- Currently the NHS Cervical Screening Programme uses cytology testing to look for abnormal cells. Evidence suggests that screening for HPV first will be a more effective way to let women know whether they are at risk of developing cervical cancer.
- People with diabetes, at low risk of sight loss, need only to attend eye screening tests every two years rather than annually, after evidence showed this was safe.
