Guidance

Newborn blood spot screening: standards

Screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.

From:
NHS England
Published
1 January 2014
Last updated
12 March 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Newborn blood spot screening supporting information

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Newborn blood spot screening standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2021

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Newborn blood spot screening standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2020

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Details

These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.

The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2020. They replace previous versions.

See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.

Published 1 January 2014
Last updated 12 March 2021 + show all updates

  1. Removal of pathway and themes diagram.

  2. Updated Newborn blood spot screening supporting information: sections NBS-S07a, NBS-S07b and NBS-S07c.

  3. Updated Newborn blood spot screening standards for data collected from 1 April 2021.

  4. Updated standards S07a, S07b and S07c.

  5. Added revised standards for data collected from 1 April 2020 onwards.

  6. Newborn blood spot screening standards updated and reformatted.

  7. Standards updated January 2017 for implementation from April 2017

  8. First published.

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