Guidance and regulation

STFYAYB provides information about the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy.

• From: NHS England and 1 others
• Updated: 4 August 2022

• Introduction and summary animation

  This short animation shows the screening tests offered during pregnancy…

• Infectious diseases

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• Sickle cell and thalassaemia

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• Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome

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• 11 physical conditions (20-week scan)

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• Diabetic eye screening

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• Eyes, heart, hips and testes (physical examination)

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• Hearing loss

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• Blood spot

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Resources to support screening professionals in their initial training and continuing professional development (CPD).

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 11 July 2023

Guidance for local NHS screening services on how to order and access printed and digital population screening leaflets.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 August 2020

These 8 easy read guides explain the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy for people with learning disabilities.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 20 July 2021

The processes for managing safety incidents in the NHS screening programmes.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 27 March 2024

Information on the programme, including the screening tests, commissioning, quality assurance, education and training.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 July 2021

Guidance for laboratories handling samples for the NHS infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 25 May 2022

How to support patients in accessing population screening programmes and obtaining screening results.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 25 January 2024

Guidance to support the health system to reduce inequalities in screening.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 22 October 2020

This document sets out for the programme specific operating model (PSOM) for quality assurance of the NHS antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening programmes.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 24 August 2021

Instructions on how to submit key performance indicator (KPI) data for the antenatal and newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programmes.

• From: NHS England
• Updated: 17 August 2020

Role and remit of NHS population screening programmes’ Research, Innovation and Development Advisory Committee

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 29 September 2021

An overview of risks to pregnant women from infections: current screening, vaccination, treatment and prevention programmes.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 April 2016

Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for people working in the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme in England.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 8 December 2017

Information to support laboratories involved with the NHS antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening programmes with a laboratory component.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 12 February 2021

This document describes the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) pathway.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 10 June 2021

This guidance explains PHE Screening’s consistent approach to standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 26 July 2019

An overview of the infectious diseases in pregnancy screening end-to-end pathway.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 21 June 2021

Requirements for the quality assurance of laboratories providing antenatal and newborn screening services by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 27 July 2018

This guidance is to help health professionals involved in collecting infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) outcome data to understand and use ISOSS.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 26 November 2019