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Changes to NIPE programme standards and handbook
Revisions to two NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) screening programme clinical guidance documents have been published.
NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
Actions for newborn screening providers due to child health changes
Reorganisation of child health information services might cause issues with newborn screening IT systems if local checks are not in place.
Calling all midwives – help us review our screening resource cards
We’re asking midwives to fill in a short survey about our credit card sized collection of plastic resource cards giving information about screening offered in pregnancy and to newborn babies.
Student midwives – tell us what you think of our screening resource packs
If you’re reading this then you’ve hopefully seen the PHE ‘screening resource pack for student midwives'. We send it out every year to all universities in England and ask midwifery tutors to give a set to all new starter students. …
What PHE Screening has been blogging about
Here’s a list of every blog issued in January and February 2018.
Get animated about our new screening resource
We have worked with the NHS Choices video team and an animation company to produce a new screening animation, which in just 2 ½ minutes explains all the types of screening offered during pregnancy and for newborn babies.
Updated version of NIPE SMART IT system released
We are pleased to announce that an updated version (5.7) of NIPE SMART will be available to users on 13 February.
Finding out if easy guides to screening meet the needs of pregnant women who have learning disabilities
An evaluation of our Screening tests for you and your baby easy guides will help us to share good practice that will benefit pregnant women with learning disabilities across the country.
Thank you for all of your hard work this year
Professor Anne Mackie reflects on the hard work and achievements of everyone involved in screening during 2017.
NIPE national team hits the road to update health professionals
The NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Programme (NIPE) held 5 regional events across the country to update health professionals involved in the the national programme.