Report acknowledgments
Published 15 May 2026
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Authors
Writing team: Harriet Strachan, Sophie Mitra, Nadia Permalloo and Phil Gardner.
Cost effectiveness analysis: Bilal Rashid, Olivier Johnson and Marianne Scholes.
Collaborators
Adrian Mairs, Public Health Lead Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS), Northern Ireland IDPS programme.
Alison Brown, HIV Lead, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Amanda Weir, Lead Healthcare Scientist, Public Health Scotland.
Anne Mackie, Deputy Director, UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) Screening Lead, UK NSC and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Bilal Rashid, Health Protection Analyst, DHSC.
Catherine Calderwood, Obstetrician and chair of the Scottish Pregnancy and Newborn Screening Committee, Professor of Health Future Research, NHS Scotland and University of Strathclyde.
Chelsea Morroni, Research Professor in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh.
Claire Kennard, Midwife and Professional Clinical Advisor, DHSC and University College London Hospitals (UCLH).
Clara Calvert, Principal Epidemiologist, Public Health Scotland.
David Leeman, Consultant Epidemiologist (Hepatitis Section), UKHSA.
Duncan McCormack, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland Greta Hayward, Consultant Midwife, UKHSA.
Harriet Strachan, UK NSC Screening Data & Effectiveness Analytical Manager, UK NSC and DHSC.
Helen Fifer, Consultant Microbiologist, UK STI team - Congenital Syphilis, UKHSA.
Helen Peters, ISOSS & CHARS Manager, University College London (UCL).
Hermione Lyall, Consultant Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases, British HIV Association (BHIVA) and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
Jacqui Dodsworth, UK NSC Programme Coordinator, DHSC.
Jo Harcombe, Head of UK NSC Information and Engagement Management and midwife, DHSC.
John Marshall, UK NSC Evidence Lead, DHSC.
Kate Francis, Integrated Screening Outcomes Surveillance Service (ISOSS) and Children’s HIV and AIDS Reporting System (CHARS) Coordinator, UCL.
Katy Sinka, Head of STI Section, Syphilis Lead, UKHSA.
Laura Byrne, consultant in HIV medicine and Chair of the BHIVA pregnancy guidelines group, BHIVA.
Lorna Hawe, Regional IDPS Programme Coordinator Northern Ireland IDPS programme.
Marianne Scholes, Health Protection Analyst, DHSC.
Margaret Kingston, genitory-urinary medicine (GUM) Consultant Lead author for British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) syphilis guidelines, BASHH.
Mary Ramsay, Director of Public Health Programmes, UKHSA. Michael Wilding, Senior Analyst, NHS England
Nadia Permalloo, Quality and Improvement Lead, antenatal and newborn screening (ANNB), NHS England.
Natasha Thomas, Programme Coordinator, Public Health Wales.
Olivier Johnson, Senior Analyst in Health Protection, DHSC.
Phil Gardner, UK NSC Lead for Screening Data, IT, Standards and Effectiveness, DHSC.
Rachael Wood, Lead on Pregnancy and Newborn Screening and Congenital Conditions, Public Health Scotland.
Rebecca Till, Antenatal Pathway Implementation Lead, NHS England.
Samreen Ijaz, Head of blood-borne viruses (BBV) reference laboratory, UKHSA.
Sarah Dermont, Antenatal Pathway Pathology Feasibility Manager, NHS England.
Sarah Fox, Head of Programme for Antenatal Screening Wales, Wales IDPS programme.
Sema Mandal, Consultant Epidemiologist (Hepatitis and Immunisation) and Deputy Director Public Health Programmes, UKHSA.
Silvia Lombardo, UK NSC Modelling Lead, DHSC.
Sophie Mitra, Screening Data Analyst, DHSC.
Susannah Froude, Consultant Virologist and Prof Advisor, Antenatal Screening Wales.
Tamara Djuretic, Consultant Epidemiologist, Head of HIV section, UKHSA.
Tasmin Sommerfield, National Clinical Advisor and Deputy Director of Screening Screening Oversight and Assurance Scotland (SOAS).
Tsitsi Muchayingeyi, Screening Policy Lead, DHSC.
Yvonne Gilleece, Consultant and Chair British HIV association, BHIVA.
Organisation acknowledgements
NHS England IDPS programme, Wales IDPS programme, Northern Ireland IDPS programme, Scotland IDPS programme, ISOSS, Public Health Scotland, DHSC, UKHSA, BHIVA, BASHH, NHS Wales and NHS Scotland.
General acknowledgements
The working group wishes to commend the efforts of all those involved in the design and roll out of the NHS IDPS programme. The results of this review are the culmination of the efforts of all those who work in the programme to maintain and improve its standards.