NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme

Services

Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: family origin questionnaire

Essential elements for implementation of the family origin questionnaire (FOQ) to help assess if a person is a likely carrier for sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT).
Data submission template: maternity service

Data reporting template for period 1 October to 31 December 2023, with guidance for NHS antenatal and newborn screening programmes in England.
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: antenatal lab data form

Forms for sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening laboratories to send antenatal data to the national programme.
Antenatal screening programmes: annual standards data collection

Data collection template for the annual collection of data to measure performance against programme standards.
Template letter: sickle cell and thalassaemia screening for fathers

Invite expectant fathers for sickle cell and thalassaemia screening when the mother carries an unusual haemoglobin gene.

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Guidance and regulation

Screening tests for you and your baby (STFYAYB)
- Guidance
- 4 August 2022
- NHS England and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
NHS population screening: education and training
- Detailed guide
- 11 July 2023
- NHS England
NHS population screening: access and order leaflets
- Detailed guide
- 27 August 2020
- Closed organisation: Public Health England
Screening tests for you and your baby: easy guides
- Promotional
- 20 July 2021
- Closed organisation: Public Health England
Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes
- Guidance
- 27 March 2024
- NHS England

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News and communications

Sickle cell disease: positive result referral template letter
- 4 December 2017
- Closed organisation: Public Health England
- Correspondence
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: overview of community outreach
- 23 February 2015
- Closed organisation: Public Health England
- Case study

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Research and statistics

2021/22 Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening (SCT) screening report
- 17 August 2023
- NHS England
- Official statistics
Q2 KPI Screening Data (1 July to 30 September)
- 15 June 2023
- NHS England
- Research
NHS screening programmes: KPI reports 2021 to 2022
- 23 March 2023
- NHS England
- Research
Q1 (1 April to 30 June 2022) ANNB and YPA screening KPI data
- 23 March 2023
- NHS England
- Research
Antenatal screening standards: data report 2020 to 2021
- 6 October 2022
- NHS England
- Official statistics

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

NHS screening programmes: annual reports
- 16 February 2023
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- Corporate report

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Organisations

Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

UK National Screening Committee