Meeting the challenges of rare diseases in NHS newborn blood spot screening
Find out more about Blood Spot Task Group (BSTG) and how it is helping inform UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) evaluations into screening for rare diseases.
New start date for NHS SCID screening evaluation in England
Posted by:
Christine Cavanagh, Posted on:
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Newborn Blood Spot Screening, UK National Screening Committee
The NHS severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) screening evaluation in England is scheduled to start from September 2021.
Newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot update
Posted by:
Claire Evans, Posted on:
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Newborn and Infant Physical Examination, UK National Screening Committee
In 2015, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) supported a pilot in England in order to understand how pulse oximetry screening on newborn babies would work in the NHS.
Driving forward research into GBS
A look at Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and screening.