Additional patient information
Here you'll find some leaflets with additional information on AAA screening that you may find useful.
AAA Invitation Leaflet - This leaflet is sent to all men invited for AAA screening appointments.
AAA Making an informed choice sheet - This information sheet is for men aged 65 and over to help them to decide if they would like to be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)
AAA Results leaflet - Monitoring your small aneurysm - This leaflet provides information for men who have had a small aneurysm found through Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening, which at this stage only needs to be monitored.
AAA Results leaflet - Monitoring your medium aneurysm - This leaflet provides information for men who have had a medium aneurysm found through Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening, which at this stage only needs to be monitored.
AAA Results leaflet - Large aneurysm - This leaflet provides information for men who have had an aneurysm found through Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening. This means they will have been referred for an assessment and possible treatment.
Information for Trans People - This leaflet is for trans (Transgender) and Non - Binary people in England, to inform them of adult NHs screening programmes that are available and who we invite for screening
Easy Read Information - The NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme is committed to ensuring screening is equally available to all eligible men. We have therefore developed Easy Read versions of our public information leaflets. These aim to provide accessible information in a format that is particularly suitable for:
• People with learning disabilities
• People who find reading and writing hard
• People who do not speak English very well
- Easy read invitation and screening process leaflet
- Easy read - I have a small or medium aneurysm
- Easy read - I have a large aneurysm
You may find more information not covered here at http://aaa.screening.nhs.uk/leaflets2016
Below you'll find the latest AAA annual reports which may give you some more information you're interested in such as statistics about how many men we've treated and the outcomes of test results/treatments.
North East and North Cumbria
Annual Reports
North East of England
North East and North Cumbria
Cumbria and Lancashire
Lancashire and South Cumbria
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance (QA) aims to maintain national standards and promote continuous improvement in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. This is to ensure that all eligible people have access to a consistent high quality service wherever they live.
QA visits are carried out by the PHE screening quality assurance service (SQAS). Please click on relevant programmes below to view reports.
North East and North Cumbria QA Report
Lancashire and South Cumbria QA Report