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<p>When inviting women to participate in young person and adult screening, National
Health Service screening programmes send a letter of invitation with information about
why screening is being offered and the benefits and risks of the offer, to enable
individuals to make a personal informed choice.</p><p> </p><p>In the antenatal period,
general practitioners (GPs) provide expectant mothers with the ‘Screening for you
and your baby’ booklet, which explains the screening tests offered during and after
pregnancy and the GP will discuss each screening offer at subsequent appointments.
This booklet is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/screening-tests-for-you-and-your-baby-description-in-brief"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/screening-tests-for-you-and-your-baby-description-in-brief</a></p><p>
</p><p>It is important that women who wish to participate in screening engage in screening
programmes that are recommended by the United Kingdom National Screening Committee
(UK NSC), allowing women to make personal informed choices at each step of the screening
pathway. The UK NSC helps provide women who wish to engage in private screening with
information and has written a blog to help individuals think about the outcomes before
engaging in private screening. The blog is available to view at the following link:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/02/a-reminder-about-private-screening-and-a-last-opportunity-to-order-leaflets-about-it/"
target="_blank">https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/02/a-reminder-about-private-screening-and-a-last-opportunity-to-order-leaflets-about-it/</a></p>
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