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Newborn blood spot screening programme: supporting publications
- Allied health
- Communicating with families
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Jaundice and haematology
- Medical
- Metabolic, endocrine and renal
- Newborn examination
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
Summary
A GOV.UK collection page bringing together guidance and resources for health professionals and commissioners working in the NHS newborn blood spot (heel prick) screening programme in England. It links to the care pathway, programme handbook, standards, sampling guidelines, failsafe arrangements and laboratory reporting documents. Condition-specific resources cover congenital hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis, inherited metabolic diseases, sickle cell disease and the SCID screening evaluation. It also includes referral protocols, template letters and parent information to support conversations after positive results.
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