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NIPE screening team celebrates full roll out of SMaRT4NIPE (S4N) IT system and national standards

Posted by: Jill Walker, Posted on: 26 August 2021 - Categories: NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

Read about the full roll out of S4N across England and other recent PHE NIPE screening team achievements.

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Have your say on the proposed changes to the NHS newborn hearing screening programme standards

Posted by: Joanne Morley, Julie Tucker and Jane Hibbert, Posted on: 27 May 2021 - Categories: NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme

Let us know what you think of the proposed changes to the NHSP standards.

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Online sessions for NIPE screening programme standards update a success

Posted by: Joanne Morley, Posted on: 22 March 2021 - Categories: NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

The sessions ran throughout January and February and were well attended, with 282 attendees over the 4 dates.

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Have your say on proposed changes to the NHS FASP standards

Posted by: Siobhan Alt and Rebecca Al-Ausi, Posted on: 22 February 2021 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme

An 8-week consultation on proposed changes to the standards opens today.

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Latest annual NHS newborn blood spot screening data report published

Posted by: Tessa Morgan, Posted on: 19 February 2021 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme

The latest newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report is now live on GOV.UK.

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Standards and pathways are changing in NHS newborn physical examination screening

Posted by: Jill Walker, Posted on: 11 January 2021 - Categories: NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
Anatomical illustration of hip examination as part of newborn screening

We have now published the NHS newborn and infant physical examination screening programme standards which will be valid for data collected from 1 April 2021.

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Still time to have your say on revised NHS breast screening standards

Posted by: Jo Jacomelli, Posted on: 4 November 2020 - Categories: NHS Breast Screening Programme
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Have your say on the revised breast screening standards by Thursday 5 November 2020.

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Second antenatal screening standards data report

Posted by: Nadia Permalloo, Posted on: 28 October 2020 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
Computer screen shows data to represent that sent to the Sloane Project.

PHE has published the second antenatal screening standards data report, covering 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.

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New fetal anomaly screening standard introduced

Posted by: Nadia Permalloo, Posted on: 12 June 2020 - Categories: NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme
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PHE Screening has introduced a new standard into the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP).

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New standards for newborn blood spot screening

Posted by: Christine Cavanagh, Posted on: 12 February 2020 - Categories: NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme
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The revised standards have been published and will be implemented from 1 April.

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