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We’re updating the clinical care standards for children with sickle cell disease and want your views

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A black woman and her 2 children on the cover of the sickle cell disease in childhood standards from 2010 with the words 'we want your views on the clinical care standards' on a purple background

We are working with the Sickle Cell Society to update the Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood: Standards and guidelines for clinical care 2nd edition. Please let us know what you think of the clinical care standards.

Application for funded place on genetic risk assessment and counselling course is now open!

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The outside of one of the buildings of King's College London

The NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme is excited to offer 25 funded places on the King’s College London Genetic Risk Assessment and Counselling course. This year the 4-day course takes place on 9 May, 10 May, 13 June and 14 June 2019.

Workshops have positive impact on antenatal screening data

Attendees in discussion at tables at one of the workshops run by the national data team

The national antenatal screening team travelled across the country to deliver data workshops to give screening providers guidance on the submission of complete and accurate screening standards and key performance indicator data.