New short links to NHS screening information online
You can now use short, memorable web addresses to direct people to all the NHS screening information for the public on GOV.UK.
Updated CHT screening resources
The following CHT resources have now been updated and published: CHT laboratory handbook, CHT suspected and further information for families, and CHT initial clinical referral guidelines.
Second antenatal screening standards data report
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Nadia Permalloo, Posted on:
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NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
PHE has published the second antenatal screening standards data report, covering 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia carrier leaflets go digital
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Siobhan Ryan, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
We have updated and published in accessible digital format the national NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme information about being a carrier of a sickle cell, thalassamia or other unusual haemoglobin gene. These digital leaflets provide pregnant women …
NHS antenatal and newborn screening digital information: next steps
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Liane Powell, Posted on:
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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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Liane Powell, Posted on:
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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.
Family origin questionnaire: future options for maternity service providers
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Amanda Hogan, Posted on:
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NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Antenatal screening providers should be developing plans to replace the national printed family origin questionnaire from spring 2021 onwards.
AAA screening: making the most of digital opportunities
Support and next steps for local NHS AAA screening providers in making transition to digital information.
Inherited metabolic disease (IMD) screening leaflets made more accessible
All inherited metabolic disease leaflets for newborn blood spot screening have been converted into HTML format.
Antenatal and newborn screening information – digital by default
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Liane Powell, Posted on:
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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.