Guidance

AAA screening: waiting times standards

This document provides guidance on treatment waiting times standards for NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme.

Applies to England

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This document provides guidance on monitoring treatment waiting times in NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2014
Last updated 24 February 2025 show all updates
  1. Update to guidance on process for completing a screening incident assessment form (SIAF). Services should now only complete if the actions of services are a contributing factor, such as delayed referral from screening to vascular services.

  2. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  3. Minor changes to the report guidance, including removal of 2 specialist assessment outcomes that are no longer used.

  4. Updated guidance published.

  5. First published.

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