Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Digital have begun an ongoing collaboration to move from printed invitation leaflets to online information, starting with antenatal and newborn screening.
On 3 March 2019, over 150 organisations worldwide marked the fifth annual World Birth Defects Day. The goals for the day are to raise awareness across the globe about congenital conditions, look for opportunities to prevent conditions developing, and support antenatal testing where this is a result of an informed choice.
We have published the 2016 to 2017 data report for the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme.
Details of the February 2019 changes and improvements to the sickle cell and thalassaemia screening family origin questionnaire.
We have updated the national standards for the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (SCT) Screening Programme.
The national antenatal screening team travelled across the country to deliver data workshops to give screening providers guidance on the submission of complete and accurate screening standards and key performance indicator data.
Today, we have published updated parent information leaflets covering anencephaly and spina bifida, 2 of the conditions screened for at the fetal anomaly screening mid-pregnancy scan.
Today, we have published the updated information fetal anomaly screening programme leaflet for parents about congenital heart disease.
PHE screening and immunisation teams ran successful CPD sessions on antenatal and newborn screening for health visitors in Lancashire.
An update for those who have been nominated to deliver non-invasive prenatal testing training within their organisation.
