Transcription of GUIDE BOOK FOR PROGRAMME HUBS AND …
1 GUIDE BOOK FOR PROGRAMME HUBS AND screening CENTRES NHS Bowel cancer screening PROGRAMME Version 3 31 March 2008 PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FURTHER INFORMATION 1. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW Background 1 Aims and objectives of the screening PROGRAMME 1 The screening process 2 Organisation of
2 The screening PROGRAMME 4 screening policy 6 National IT system (BCSS) 7 BCSS-generated letters 8 Call and recall 8 Informed choice
3 8 Confidentiality and data protection 9 Telephone helpline 9 Information for screening participants 9 Information for primary care 9 PROGRAMME publicity and communications with the media 10 Contacts directory 10 Financial arrangements 10 Accountability 10 Monitoring PROGRAMME performance
4 11 cancer waiting times 11 Quality assurance 11 Adverse incident alert to national office 11 Audit and evaluation 11 Advisory Committee 12 2.
5 SETTING UP A screening CENTRE Selection of screening centres 13 Name of screening centre 13 Planning screening centre services 13 screening centre budgets 16 Forecasting workload 16 BCSS site set up 17 BCSS user training
6 17 Setting up SSP clinics 18 Setting up screening colonoscopy sessions 18 screening centre stationery 19 Information for primary care 19 PROGRAMME publicity 19 Arrangements for data collection 20 PIAG sign up
7 20 Additional colonoscopy sites 20 3. STAFFING A screening CENTRE Clinical team 21 Staffing and accountability 21 Education and training for SSPs 24
8 Administrative support 25 4. SPECIALIST screening PRACTITIONER (SSP) CLINICS Booking SSP clinic appointments 26 Preparing for SSP clinics 26 During the SSP clinic 26 Patients who are on warfarin therapy 27 Patients who may need admission before or after colonoscopy 27 Patients who may
9 Need transport following colonoscopy 27 Patients who are unfit for colonoscopy 27 Patients who decline further investigations 27 Patients who do not attend 28 Recording clinic outcomes 28 SSP follow up clinics 28 Follow up patient questionnaires 28 5.
10 screening COLONOSCOPY SESSIONS Endoscopy lists for screening patients 29 Standards for colonoscopy 29 Links with pathology
