Nearly one third of a million babies screened for SCID already
More than 300,000 babies in England have already been screened for severe combined immunodeficiency in an evaluation run by the UK NSC and NHS England.
Dr David Elliman
David is a clinical advisor to the UK NSC and is the current clinical lead to the NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme and the NHS Newborn and Physical Examination Programme. David is a semi-retired community paediatrician whose main interest is prevention, including by screening and vaccination. He has been involved in the former for over 20 years, at a national level.