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Collaborative working improves screening for babies and mums in Cumbria

8 people are all sat at a table where they look like they're having a meeting. They are all facing the camera. Several are in nurses uniform.

Cumbria is a large county with hospitals spread miles apart. Collaborative working is essential between all the people and services who help deliver antenatal and newborn screening.

Language matters, especially if you’re a health professional talking to parents-to-be

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A photo of Colette Lloyd, with a picture of her poster and the wording 'language matters'

Two mums talk about the importance of the language that health professionals use when talking to parents and parents-to-be about conditions like Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome.