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NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

Calling all midwives – help us review our screening resource cards

The pocket sized resource cards on a table.

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

Parents look at newborn baby. Words say: 'you can decide which tests are right for you and your baby.'

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.

Finding out if easy guides to screening meet the needs of pregnant women who have learning disabilities

...information and evaluate the guides. They will include interviews with people who provide antenatal and newborn screening, professionals working in maternity and learning disabilities services in London, the voluntary sector...

Thank you for all of your hard work this year

...Christmas from Raya too.) PHE Screening blogs PHE Screening BLOGs provide up to date news from all NHS screening programmes. You can register to receive updates direct to your inbox,...