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Newborn blood spot screening: data collection and reports

Annual reports on data collected by the NHS Newborn Blood Spot (NBS) Screening Programme.

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From:
NHS England
Published:
1 January 2014
Last updated:
1 October 2026
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  1. 2025-26 data table added

  2. 2024-25 publication added

  3. Annual reports for 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 added

  4. Added the screening standards data for 2018 to 2019 in spreadsheet format.

  5. Added the 2018 to 2019 report in HTML.

  6. Added the 2017 to 2018 data report (previously published elsewhere).

  7. Publication of data report 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.

  8. Added 2015 to 2016 report.

  9. 2014 to 2015 data collection and performance analysis report added.

  10. Published 2013 to 2014 data report, and removed interim data update and 2013 to 2013 report.

  11. First published.

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Documents

Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

ODS, 68 KB

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1925

HTML

Newborn blood spot screening standards data: 2018 to 2019

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 236 KB

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017

Ref: PHE Gateway number 2018066

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Newborn blood spot screening data collection and performance analysis report 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016

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Newborn blood spot screening: 2014 to 2015 data collection and performance analysis report

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Newborn blood spot screening: 2013 to 2014 data collection and performance analysis report

PDF, 2.28 MB, 60 pages

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Details

These reports show the annual performance of the NBS screening programme against national quality standards.

Older data reports are available from the UK Government Web Archive.

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