Guidance

Newborn blood spot screening: movers in with no available records

Newborn blood spot (NBS) screening guidance for babies under a year of age with no available screening results.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 February 2013
• Last updated: 11 May 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Newborn blood spot screening: movers in with no available records

Ref: GW-1094

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‘Movers in’ are babies who have either changed responsible clinical commissioning group (CCG), or have moved in from another country.

This document includes:

• eligibility for screening
• procedures for offering screening to babies that move in
• advice for parents

Published 1 February 2013
Last updated 11 May 2021 + show all updates

1. 11 May 2021

   Update to section 2.3 (Recording results).

2. 7 February 2020

   Updated document after programme review.

3. 20 March 2018

   Updated guidance as all UK countries have introduced, (or plan to) screening for the 4 additional inherited metabolic diseases.

4. 1 February 2013

   First published.