Guidance
Newborn blood spot screening: standards
Screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.
- From:
- NHS England
- Published
- 1 January 2014
- Last updated
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Applies to England
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These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.
The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2020. They replace previous versions.
See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.
This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.
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Details
These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.
The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2020. They replace previous versions.
See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.
This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.
Updates to this page
Published 1 January 2014
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2025-04-16 13:32
Removed references to CCGs and replaced with sub-ICBs
2024-10-08 15:51
Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.