NHS newborn and infant physical examination programme handbook updated
Updated newborn and infant physical examination programme handbook and screening pathways are now available.
National NIPE IT system training well received
A final session for system admin users will be held on Friday 23 October.
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.
New start date for NHS SCID screening evaluation in England
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Christine Cavanagh and Liz Robinson, Posted on:
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NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, UK National Screening Committee
The NHS severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) screening evaluation in England is now scheduled to start from September 2021.
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.
Newborn blood spot failsafe solution: log your calls with the customer portal
Using the online vFire customer portal is a convenient way for NBSFS users to log and track their calls.
Update from the newborn and infant physical examination screening programme
An update from the newborn infant physical examination programme team.
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.
Important changes to assessment of newborn hearing screeners
The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is updating the observed structured clinical examination (OSCE) that staff carrying out newborn hearing screening tests in England must complete before being able to screen unsupervised.