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STFYAYB provides information about the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy.
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Diabetic eye screening is recommended by the NHS. 1. Purpose of screening…
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Blood spot screening is recommended by the NHS. 1. Purpose of screening…
These 8 easy read guides explain the screening tests offered during and after pregnancy for people with learning disabilities.
Guidance for local NHS screening services on how to order printed population screening leaflets.
The processes for managing safety incidents in the NHS screening programmes.
This overview is aimed at professionals working in the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.
Resources to support screening professionals in their initial training and continuing professional development (CPD).
This guidance explains what is required of health professionals carrying out newborn blood spot (NBS) screening.
These documents explain how to take a newborn blood spot screening sample.
How to support patients in accessing population screening programmes and obtaining screening results.
Requirements for the quality assurance of laboratories providing antenatal and newborn screening services by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
Screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.
How to use the newborn blood spot screening failsafe solution (NBSFS), the national IT system, to minimise risk to babies.
Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for people working in the newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme in England.
Guidance to support the health system to reduce inequalities in screening.
Role and remit of NHS population screening programmes’ Research, Innovation and Development Advisory Committee
This document sets out for the programme specific operating model (PSOM) for quality assurance of the NHS antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening programmes.
This document explains the guidelines for laboratories screening newborns for cystic fibrosis (CF) in the UK.
Guidelines for laboratories screening newborns for congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) in the UK.
Provides the code of practice for the retention and storage of residual spots after newborn blood spot testing.
Information for parents about congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) following a baby’s screening test result.
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