Kate Israel

Goodbye PHE…hello again NHS

Posted by: Kate Israel, Posted on: 1 April 2019 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

Kate Israel has thoroughly enjoyed her secondment with PHE working in the newborn blood spot team. Here she looks back at her time with us.

Explaining repeat newborn blood spot tests to parents

Posted by: Kate Israel, Posted on: 21 September 2018 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

We've just updated guidance for the newborn blood spot programme.

Newborn blood spot screening cards are changing... the latest

Posted by: Kate Israel, Posted on: 31 August 2018 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

New blood spot cards will start to be used from mid-October 2018.

Newborn blood spot screening handbook just got better

Posted by: Kate Israel, Posted on: 3 August 2018 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

We’ve just published an updated version of the newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme handbook for health professionals.

Blood spot cards are changing

Posted by: Kate Israel, Posted on: 11 June 2018 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

We launched a 6 week consultation to ask stakeholders for their views on the proposed changes to our bloodspot cards. The consultation report contains a summary of the responses and identifies and responds to the main themes that emerged.