New SCID workshops – sign up now
We are running virtual workshops between 11 May and 24 June 2021 to support the SCID screening evaluation, which begins on 6 September 2021.
Liane Powell
Liane has worked in screening since 2013, firstly as an Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator for a multi-site NHS Trust, then as Project Lead within the Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme.
She loves the variety and depth of the work within the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes, and the rewards and challenges that working within PHE Screening brings.
She is a registered midwife and nurse and remains focussed on enabling high quality care for women and babies.
She lives near the Lake District and enjoys spending time exploring the Lakeland fells with her family, from their trusty campervan.
Getting our NIPT information and training right
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General information, NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
How PHE developed the public information and professional education and training resources to support the implementation of NIPT in the NHS screening pathway for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome.
What midwives need to know ahead of introduction of NIPT
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
We’ll soon be adding information about NIPT to the Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome chapter of Screening tests for you and your baby. This article contains information that midwives need to know ahead of this change.
How to prepare for the updated version of Screening tests for you and your baby
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
An updated version of the Screening tests for you and your baby leaflet will be available to order soon. This blog article explains when and how to order copies.
NIPT workshops coming to a laptop near you soon
We’ll be running virtual non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) workshops from 30 March.
New NIPT e-learning resource live
Find out more about our new non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) e-learning resource.
NHS antenatal and newborn screening digital information: next steps
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Directing people to digital information about NHS antenatal and newborn screening programmes should now be business as usual.
Special care baby unit screening leaflet goes digital
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NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Screening tests for you and your baby: babies in special care units publication updated in accessible digital format.
Antenatal and newborn screening information – digital by default
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Antenatal and newborn screening providers should now be signposting parents routinely to digital versions of information leaflets rather than automatically handing out printed leaflets.
We need your help to make fetal anomaly screening information accessible
Survey for NHS antenatal screening providers to help inform smooth transition to using digital information resources for pregnant women.