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The scientific merits of screening programmes for prostate cancer, lung cancer and post-natal depression are to be examined by MPs.
The Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into national health screening programmes to see whether they should be extended to include such conditions.
Screening programmes - where people are tested for illnesses they might not show symptoms for - are carried out for a variety of conditions.
For example, the NHS Cancer Screening Programme was set up to detect whether people are suffering from breast, bowel and cervical cancer. Meanwhile the NHS Health Check screens adults for a number of common problems such as diabetes and heart disease.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...nsion-of-screening-programmes/5066526.article
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The Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into national health screening programmes to see whether they should be extended to include such conditions.
Screening programmes - where people are tested for illnesses they might not show symptoms for - are carried out for a variety of conditions.
For example, the NHS Cancer Screening Programme was set up to detect whether people are suffering from breast, bowel and cervical cancer. Meanwhile the NHS Health Check screens adults for a number of common problems such as diabetes and heart disease.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...nsion-of-screening-programmes/5066526.article
(free registration required)