COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland: A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm
| العنوان: | COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland: A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm |
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| المؤلفون: | Alison M Milne, Rosemary Millar, Catherine S Thomson, Gavin R C Clark, Tasmin Sommerfield, Lorna Porteous, Tracey Syme, Christine Campbell |
| المصدر: | Campbell, C, Sommerfield, T, Clark, G R C, Porteous, L, Milne, A M, Millar, R, Syme, T & Thomson, C S 2021, ' COVID-19 and cancer screening in Scotland : A national and coordinated approach to minimising harm ', Preventive Medicine, vol. 151, pp. 106606 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106606 Preventive Medicine |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier BV, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Screening restart, Epidemiology, FIT, Faecal immunochemical test, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Context (language use), SCC, Scottish Screening Committee, Article, State Medicine, Cancer screening, NSS, NHS National Services Scotland, PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, Nursing, BCEs, Board chief executives, Pandemic, Humans, Medicine, Road map, Pandemics, Programmatic screening, Monitoring impact, Early Detection of Cancer, Government, HPV, Human papilloma virus, Cervical screening, NSOB, National Screening Oversight Board, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, CRUK, Cancer Research UK, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, Screening suspension, Harm, Scotland, Impact of pandemic, Workforce, Female, IPCT, Infection Prevention and Control Team, business, NSD, National Services Division |
| الوصف: | Screening is an important component of cancer control internationally. In Scotland, the National Health Service Scotland provides screening programmes for cervical, bowel and breast cancers. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the suspension of these programmes in March 2020. We describe the integrated approach to managing the impact of the pandemic on cancer screening programmes in Scotland throughout 2020. We outline the policy context and decision-making process leading to suspension, and the criteria and framework informing the subsequent, staggered, restart in subsequent months. The decision to suspend screening services in order to protect screening invitees and staff, and manage NHS capacity, was made after review of numbers of screening participants likely to be affected, and the potential number of delayed cancer diagnoses. Restart principles and a detailed route map plan were developed for each programme, seeking to ensure broad consistency of approach across the programmes and nationally. Early data indicates bowel, breast and cervical screening participation has increased since restart. Primary care has had to adapt to new infection prevention control measures for delivery of cervical screening. Cancer charities provided cancer intelligence and policy briefs to national bodies and Scottish Government, as well as supporting the public, patients and screening invitees through information and awareness campaigns. Emerging from the pandemic, there is recognition of the need and the opportunity to transform and renew both cancer and screening services in Scotland, and in particular to address long-standing workforce capacity problems through innovation and investment, and to continue to prioritise addressing health inequalities. |
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| تدمد: | 0091-7435 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a61b52dcfc0daf60aaf6f141c4855de0 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106606 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a61b52dcfc0daf60aaf6f141c4855de0 |
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