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: NHS England
• Published: 1 February 2013
• Last updated: 25 September 2025
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  1. 25 September 2025

     Added information and guidance for hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT1)

  2. 11 May 2021

     Update to section 2.3 (Recording results).

  3. 7 February 2020

     Updated document after programme review.

  4. 20 March 2018

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

  5. 1 February 2013

     First published.

Applies to England

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Newborn blood spot screening: movers in with no available records

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This document includes:

• eligibility for screening
• procedures for offering screening to babies that move in
• advice for parents