UK NSC annual call for topics
Information about how to respond to the UK NSC's annual call for topics and details of submissions from previous years. The 2021 annual call runs until 6 December.
The remit of the UK National Screening Committee has expanded. An update to this information is pending.
The annual call for screening topics gives stakeholders a regular opportunity to suggest new topics which might be evaluated against the UK NSC criteria. If successful, these might eventually become new screening programmes in the UK.
A new topic means one that is not already on the list of UK NSC recommendations.
Any individual or organisation can submit a topic for consideration. To ensure the process is fair it is important that all submissions adhere to the standard requirements in terms of length and format.
Find out more about how to make a proposal to the UK NSC.
Please return the to UKNSC.AnnualCall@phe.gov.uk.
2021 annual call
This year’s annual call opened on 6 September and runs until 6 December.
Find out more on the UK NSC blog.
Previous annual calls
The code in brackets after each condition shows its initial assessment by the UK NSC. The codes are:
- V1: valid submission and a further review is justified
- V2: valid submission but a further review not justified at present
- N1: not a valid submission as topic already on the list of UK NSC recommendations
- N2: not a valid submission as outside the UK NSC’s remit of whole population screening programmes
- N3: not a valid submission but will be taken forward as a programme modification proposal or early update
Click on a condition name to find out more about the condition and its current status with the UK NSC.
If you move the mouse pointer over the code after the condition name you’ll get an explanation of what it means.
2020
The UK NSC received 4 proposals. These covered screening for:
- biliary atresia (N1 but contributed to next standard review of the condition)
- Klinefelter syndrome (V2)
- neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) (V1)
- pressure reducing carotid stenosis in adults over 50 (V2)
2019
The UK NSC received 5 proposals. These covered screening for:
- dyslexia in school-age children (V1)
- fetal presentation in pregnancy (to check on the baby’s position at 36 weeks) (V1)
- liver cirrhosis in high risk groups (N2)
- pressure reducing carotid stenosis, vascular dementia, regional cerebral hypotension (V1)
- 5q spinal muscular atrophy in newborns (N3)
2018
The UK NSC received 10 proposals. These covered screening for:
- all cancers in 30 to 75-year-olds (V2)
- cutaneous melanoma in adults (V1)
- neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in newborns (V1)
- Klinefelter syndrome in newborns and adolescents (V1)
- 22q11 deletion syndrome in newborns (V1)
- beta thalassaemia in newborns (N3)
- lung cancer in adults (N1)
- risk of sudden cardiac death (N1)
- nonsyndromic thoracic aortic diseases (NS-TAD) (N2)
- carbon monoxide levels (to increase smoking cessation rates in pregnancy) (V1)
2017
The UK NSC received 4 proposals. These covered screening for:
- keratoconus in children and young adults with Down’s syndrome (N2)
- increased risk of stroke in children with sickle cell disease (N2)
- auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder in newborns (N3)
- endometrial cancer (V1)
2016
The UK NSC received 4 proposals. These covered screening for:
Updates to this page
Last updated 6 September 2021 + show all updates
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Added dates of the 2021 annual call for topics.
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First published.