Guidance

Antenatal and newborn screening: laboratory quality assurance

Requirements for the quality assurance of laboratories providing antenatal and newborn screening services by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

• From: NHS England
• Published: 27 July 2018
• Last updated: 17 March 2026
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  1. 17 March 2026

     Uploaded new spreadsheets with data tab re-added.

  2. 28 January 2026

     Uploaded UKAS laboratory requirements for 2026. The introduction has been updated to replace references to PHE with NHSE.

  3. 27 July 2018

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Introduction

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UKAS laboratory requirements for FASP 2026

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UKAS laboratory requirements for IDPS 2026

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UKAS laboratory requirements for SCT 2026

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UKAS laboratory requirements for NBS 2026

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The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) quality assures laboratories providing services to the:

• NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP)
• NHS infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme
• NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme
• NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme

This guidance explains the UKAS requirements and the evidence they will assess.