Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 October 2014.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Our inquiry
2 Background
National health screening in the UK
From local to national oversight
3 Reviewing the evidence base
The evidence review process
Triggering a policy review
Stage 1: Stakeholder identification
Stages 2 and 3: Knowledge update / External review and consultation
Stage 4: UK National Screening Committee decision
Policy before evidence?
NHS Health Check programme
Extending the breast cancer screening programme
4 Communicating the risks and benefits of health screening
Public perceptions
Delivering information
Designing and producing information
Expressing the outcomes of screening: screening statistics
Training health professionals
Private health screening
Innovations in screening
5 Screening policy and advice
The governance of the UK National Screening Committee
The relationship between Public Health England and the UK National Screening Committee
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: Criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme
UK National Screening Committee Criteria
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
Published written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
