Guidance

Newborn blood spot screening: movers in with no available records

Newborn blood spot (NBS) screening guidance for babies under a year of age with no available screening results.

From:
Public Health England
Published
1 February 2013
Last updated
11 May 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Newborn blood spot screening: movers in with no available records

Ref: GW-1094

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‘Movers in’ are babies who have either changed responsible clinical commissioning group (CCG), or have moved in from another country.

This document includes:

  • eligibility for screening
  • procedures for offering screening to babies that move in
  • advice for parents
Published 1 February 2013
Last updated 11 May 2021 + show all updates

  1. Update to section 2.3 (Recording results).

  2. Updated document after programme review.

  3. Updated guidance as all UK countries have introduced, (or plan to) screening for the 4 additional inherited metabolic diseases.

  4. First published.

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