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<p>All National screening programmes are introduced based on recommendations made
by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The UK NSC assesses and evaluates
the evidence to offer screening when it will offer more good than harm. Screening
age ranges are selected based on the range where the evidence supports that balance.</p><p>The
National Health Service breast screening programme invites eligible women to be screened
every three years from the age of 50 up to their 71st birthday.</p><p>The NHS bowel
screening programme invited men and women every two years from ages 60 to 74 years
old. The programme is expanding to make it available to everyone aged 50 to 59 years
old. This is happening gradually over four years and started in April 2021.</p><p>The
NHS cervical screening programme invites people with a cervix between the ages of
25 and 49 for screening every three years, whilst people aged 50 to 64 receive an
invitation every five years.</p><p>The NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme
offers men a screening the year they turn 65.</p><p>The NHS diabetic eye screening
programme is offered to anyone with diabetes who is 12 years old or over. Those eligible
are invited for an annual screening.</p><p>The NHS targeted lung cancer screening
programme that has been recently announced will invite people aged 55 to 74 identified
as being at high risk of lung cancer for screening.</p><p>For antenatal screening
programmes, pregnant women are invited early for screening once the pregnancy has
been confirmed. This includes the NHS foetal anomaly screening programme and NHS infectious
diseases in pregnancy.</p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">Screening
for newborns is also offered early at a time when conditions can be detected and where
early treatment can improve the baby’s health and prevent severe disability or even
death. Newborn screening programmes include the NHS newborn blood spot screening programme,
the NHS newborn hearing screening programme, the NHS newborn and infant physical examination
screening programme and the NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme.</ins></p></ins></p>
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