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Hepatitis B in pregnant women: World Hepatitis Day
Today is World Hepatitis Day, which makes it the right time to highlight the work of the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) Programme on hepatitis B.
antenatal screening
Screening information updated to include change to hepatitis B vaccine for babies
We’ve updated our antenatal and newborn screening information for public and professionals following a change to the vaccination schedule for babies.
Fetal anomaly screening providers can sign up now for NIPT training
Back in November 2016 and March 2017 we published blog articles about the additional option of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to the fetal anomaly screening pathway.
Checks and audits to improve quality and reduce risks in sickle cell and thalassaemia screening
We have published new information that describes the checks and audits that are needed for the sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening pathway.
Guidance on supporting agency sonographers for fetal anomaly screening
If you work in ultrasound or radiology you will be well aware there’s a national shortage of trained staff. Many ultrasound departments rely on agency sonographers.
Submitting antenatal screening coverage KPI data just got easier
We use key performance indicator (KPI) data to measure how the NHS screening programmes are performing.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: fathers matter
We offer screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) to all pregnant women. We also offer to screen the baby’s biological father if the mother is found to be a carrier of or have a sickle cell or thalassaemia condition.
New e-learning module for screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes
The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP) offers screening to pregnant women so they can find out how likely it is that their baby has Down’s (Trisomy 21 or T21), Edwards’ (T18) or Patau’s (T13) syndromes or one of a …
Introducing non-invasive prenatal testing to antenatal screening – progress so far
We published a blog in November about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
Getting out and about to make sense of antenatal screening data collection
Our 3 antenatal screening programmes have joined forces with the national Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) team to hold 8 regional workshops during 2017.