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NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

Does age matter when thinking of NHS newborn screening programmes?

...specific age groups. If you are a health visitor or GP it can get even more complicated when you are faced with any pre-school child who moves into the area...

Screening key performance indicators: quarter 4 2016 to 2017 data published

...NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a high level overview of programme quality. Highlights of the Q4 data The national performance of ID1 (antenatal infectious disease screening...

2017 to 2018 screening service specifications: the main changes

...to the pathway diagram to reflect clinical practice threshold revisions to reflect new KPI targets NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Programme The specification includes: the mandatory use of...

Updated templates for antenatal and newborn KPI data collection

Image of the template for Child Health Information Systems.

...services template is for the antenatal coverage KPIs for infectious diseases and sickle cell and thalassaemia. As these KPIs are based on the same cohort of women and have the...

A failsafe officer is for life, not just for Christmas

...wholeheartedly. So, with a new job description, personal specification and banding completed, we went out to advert. This was a success and attracted more than 50 applicants. We knew we’d...

Latest KPI figures (2016 to 2017 Q2) show how screening programmes are performing

Today we published the key performance indicator (KPI) data for the second quarter of 2016 to 2017 (Q2, July to September 2016). The KPIs are used to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing and aim to give a …

Launch of easy read versions of Screening tests for you and your baby

One of the values we hold dear in PHE Screening is supporting individuals to make an informed choice about screening.