Guidance

Screening quality assurance service: operating model

Sets out the role and purpose of PHE's screening quality assurance (QA) service, providing a common approach for all NHS screening programmes.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 28 May 2015

This publication was withdrawn on 13 December 2019

This page has been withdrawn because it’s out of date. Find out more about screening quality assurance at Population screening: quality assurance.

Documents

Operating Model for PHE Screening Quality Assurance Service: 2015/16 to 2017/18

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2015052

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Details

Quality assurance (QA) is the process of checking that national standards are met and encouraging continuous improvement.

Public Health England (PHE’s) operating model explains:

• what QA is for NHS screening programmes
• who undertakes QA of NHS screening programmes
• the screening quality assurance service (SQAS) operating model
• who the PHE SQAS works with
• how the PHE SQAS undertakes QA
• what the PHE SQAS will achieve over the next 3 years
• how the screening QA service works

Published 28 May 2015