National Screening Programmes Alert (HP193)

Purpose:

This protocol will:

highlight to users where patients are overdue for any of the national screening programmes, further details below.

What does it actually do?

The protocol highlights where patients are eligible but haven't had screening via the following programmes:

Programme	Sex	Lower age	Upper age	Frequency	Notes
Cervical	Female	25	52	Every 3 years	An EMIS concept is used with upper age of 52 instead of 49. This is related to QOF to include patients who had a smear done aged 49 which is still valid until next recall at 52/53.
Cervical	Female	53	64	Every 5 years	An EMIS concept is used with lower age of 53 instead of 50. This is related to QOF to compensate for patients whose last smear was in their 40s. Anybody whose last smear was aged 48 or younger will be shown as overdue.
Breast	Female	50	70	Every 3 years
Bowel	Male & Female	60	74	Every 2 years	The one off bowel scope screening invitation at age 55 is not part of this alert.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm	Male	65	-	Single call

For more information, see this article.

The alert will look like this in the patient alert box:

When the users hover over it the following information appears:

When users double click on the alert they are taken to a template with useful information and links for the patient:

This relies on users coding activity accurately within the clinical system.

System Trigger: Load a patient

Run mode: Always run

Enable trigger for: All clinical prescribers

Optional Handy Protocols will need to be 'activated' within your clinical system. See our support article for instructions: How to locate Optional Handy Protocols and Activate these

This protocol is an optional Handy Protocol. If you want us to install this in your site please ask the person with authorisation to request this to submit a ticket to request this.

VERSION NUMBER 3.0.0

Published 3/8/24
Release notes: August 2024 Refresh