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Annette McHugh

Annette McHugh is a Midwife by training. She has worked in screening since 2006, first as a Regional Antenatal & Child Health Screening Coordinator in the South West of England and from April 2013 as Programme Manager for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme as part of Public Health England.
Annette relishes the day to day challenges of her role and collaborative working with colleagues in the other 10 screening programmes.
Annette lives in South Wales and enjoys supporting the Cardiff Blues and Wales rugby teams and walking her dog, Alfie, in the wonderful Gwent countryside.

We’ve published first annual fetal anomaly screening data report

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Screen showing the FASP laboratoty handbook. Specimen transport section has been highlighted in red.

We are pleased to publish the first annual data report for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP).

We have published the first annual data report for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP). It covers the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 and provides feedback on completeness of data submission and performance against the national standards.

Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP): gestational age parameters

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In our last FASP blog we looked at the ‘twice on the couch’ guidance for the first trimester combined test. We now want to raise awareness of the gestational age parameters for both the first and second trimester screening. We continue to emphasise the best …