Emma is a registered midwife who began her career in screening in 2009 as a trust antenatal and newborn screening coordinator. She is currently working as a clinical project lead for the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme, on secondment from her role as a senior quality assurance advisor in the south east of England. In 2018, Emma completed an MSc in Public Health and Management at the University of Brighton.
Changes to the newborn outcomes solution reflect feedback from users and include improvements for laboratory users and changes to data entry pages for laboratory and clinical (nurse/medical) users.
The newborn outcomes (NBO) solution is a web-based system for referring newborn babies who screen positive for sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassaemia.
The newborn outcomes solution IT system is now live in all newborn blood spot laboratories.