Child Vision Screening in England in 2019
The provision of child vision screening in England shows considerable variation by local authority area. A report based on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests by the British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) shows this graphically. The key points of this study are: 94% of Local…
Lewisham Automates Immunisation Campaigns
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust automated immunisation campaigns with SchoolScreener® Imms. From parent information and eConsent, through to reporting results to Commissioners, they delivered more vaccinations than ever before.
Assessment of computer generated vision charts
Below is the abstract from this paper, published in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 32 (2009) 133-140. Authors: Klaus Ehrmann, Cathleen Fedtke, Alexa Radic. (Bold text is added by SchoolScreener, for emphasis.) Introduction: New opportunities for vision assessment in the consulting room are…
Development of a School Entry Hearing Screening [SEHS] system: SchoolScreener
Dr. Sebastian Hendricks Background: Our established national newborn hearing screening is well respected and has led to great improvements in the early diagnosis and management of children with hearing loss. However we also know that it only picks up about half of the permanent…