Screening tests for you and your baby: easy guides
These 8 easy read guides explain the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy for people with learning disabilities.
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Health professionals should download and print off copies of these easy guides to use when explaining screening tests offered during and after pregnancy to people with learning disabilities.
These easy guides are adapted from the Screening tests for you and your baby information provided to women when they book their pregnancy.
If possible, you should print them in colour and single sided to improve understanding and accessibility for people with learning disabilities.
Please note that the Screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome easy guide does not yet include information about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
Contact the screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.
Last updated 20 July 2021 + show all updates
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Easy guide to screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome updated and replaced to include non-invasive prenatal testing.
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Added notification that Screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes easy guide does not include NIPT information.
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Content of all 8 easy guides updated.
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Updated section on screening for hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis.
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Updated artwork for pregnancy sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 and for baby section 1.
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First published.