Guidance

Newborn and infant physical examination screening: standards

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Newborn and infant physical examination: clinical guidance, NHS population screening standards, and NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme
• Published: 1 March 2008
• Last updated: 4 April 2016, see all updates

Standards required by healthcare professionals working in newborn and infant physical examination screening.

Documents

Newborn and infant physical examination: standards 2016 to 2017

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2015772 PDF, 292KB, 18 pages

Details

This document concentrates on pathways, standards and competencies for the screening components of the newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE), namely examination of the:

• hips
• eyes
• testes
• heart

Document information

Published: 1 March 2008

Updated: 4 April 2016

+ full page history

1. 4 April 2016 2016 to 2017 standards added.
2. 1 March 2008 First published.

From: Public Health England

Part of: Newborn and infant physical examination: clinical guidance NHS population screening standards NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme