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Screening Programme
 | Care PathwaysCare pathways describe the route that a patient will take from their first contact with an NHS member of staff to the completion of their treatment. They help ensure that consistent care is provided throughout the NHS. The care pathways below have been designed to be consistent with NHSP guidance and contain detailed advice for clinicians at each stage of the path. 1. What is the Map of Medicine?Map of Medicine is a visual representation of evidence-based, practice-informed care pathways for common and important conditions. The UK National Screening Committing decided that the Map of Medicine was the best way to develop and present all the English screening care pathways in a consistent manner. Each pathway is a simple flowchart (made up of connected “nodes”), read from top to bottom, which starts with a summary of the screening programme and then shows the core stages and decision points in the screening process. Each node represents part of the process and if the node has a small “i” in the corner then it can be clicked on to get more detailed information. The pathways always make clear what the evidence is on which they are based, when they were last reviewed and when they are next due for review. This ensures that they can always be relied on for accurate information. You can find out more on the Map of Medicine website and on the UK Screening Portal. 2. What benefits does Map of Medicine bring?The Map of Medicine pathways should bring a number of benefits, including:
3. How are the pathways accessed?The Map of Medicine pathways are freely available to health professionals and the public through NHS Choices “Healthguides”. They can also be accessed by health professionals (login required, but free) through http://eng.mapofmedicine.com/evidence/terms.htm?next=/ 4. NHSP Care Pathways: InteractiveThe NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme has developed three standard care pathways for screening and ongoing care. Click on the title to access the interactive pathway on NHS Choices:
IMPORTANT NOTE. The early audiological assessment pathway has been revised (Feb 2012) in line with the new NHSP ABR guidance FURTHER NOTE (APRIL 2012). The recently changed guidance on targeted follow up is not yet reflected in these pathways. 5. NHSP Care Pathways: PDF versionsThe NHSP Map of Medicine Care Pathways are also available as PDF files. Click on the title to access the care pathway:
IMPORTANT NOTE. The early audiological assessment pathway has been revised (Feb 2012) in line with the new NHSP ABR guidance FURTHER NOTE (APRIL 2012). The recently changed guidance on targeted follow up is not yet reflected in these pathways. |
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