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These publications explain NHS newborn screening programme tests, possible results and follow-up tests.
Information to support health professionals who provide the NHS newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP).
These documents set out clinical guidance for the newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme.
Population screening programmes: NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme. The latest pages tagged as NBS will appear here.
Healthcare professionals can use these checklists to help parents recognise hearing loss in a baby.
Your Neonatal Care Leave and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay: what you can get, eligibility, how to claim and how to cancel.
Population screening programmes: NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme. The latest pages tagged as NIPE will appear here.
This overview of the NHS newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) explains how a baby’s hearing is tested, and the equipment used for the tests.
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