Dr Anne Mackie is the Director of Programmes for the UK National Screening Committee.
Anne has worked in Public Health for nearly 20 years across London and the South East. Previous roles have included medical director of the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group, Director of Public Health in Kent and Director of Public Health in South West London. Latterly Anne was Director of Public Health for London SHA before taking on her current post in August 2007. She lives in London with her partner and their daughter.
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – on the subject of “Making cervical screening more accessible”– will help you and other health professionals by compiling key facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions. Where we can, we’re also committed to …
Welcome to the latest edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for local authorities and health professionals, which for this edition focuses on the decline in cervical screening attendance in England and outlines what can be done to boost screening coverage.
It’s great to see that for the first time in five years there’s been an increase in the number of eligible women taking up the offer to be screened for breast cancer, with levels remaining above the NHS Cancer Screening …
The cervical screening programme in England prevents an estimated 4,500 deaths from cervical cancer every year and a change in the testing process is set to further increase accuracy – and reduce anxiety – for women in the near future.
Welcome to the sixth edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems. This edition focuses on preventing and diagnosing bowel cancer and encouraging more …
January has seen us reach a significant milestone by screening our one millionth 65-year old man as part of the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme. AAA screening detects any dangerous swelling (aneurysm) of the aorta – the main …
Last month Public Health England hosted an ‘Inequalities in Screening’ workshop. This brought over 80 national experts to London to discuss the practical steps we need to take to ensure that we systematically address inequalities in screening uptake. We were …
We make choices every day of our lives. Some are minor, while others, such as those relating to our health, could have significant long-term implications. In this country health screening is not mandatory; each type of screening is a choice. …
The screening offered to women during pregnancy provides an important opportunity for mother and baby to get a health check. In the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) the aim is to give women high quality information at an early …
All newborn babies in England are now being offered screening for four additional rare genetic disorders through the expansion of newborn screening. The current NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme now includes screening for: homocystinuria (HCU), maple syrup urine disease …
