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Dr Graham Shortland OBE talks about his roles on the UK NSC as vice-chair and a paediatric specialist and the exciting challenges facing the committee.
Professor Anneke Lucassen, the geneticist on the UK NSC, talks about the challenges of managing expectations around the use of genetics in screening.
The UK NSC and its partners heard updates on the work to review the evidence for newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy at the second meeting of the SMA in-service evaluation partnership board.
The English government has endorsed the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to add hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 to the conditions screened for by the NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme.
New UK NSC guidance explains how the committee decides if action is required to mitigate conflicts of interest that are declared by stakeholders and members.
The UK National Screening Committee’s work to improve the newborn screening evidence base features prominently in the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024.
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