Newborn and infant physical examination screening: standards
Standards for the NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme.
Applies to England
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These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme.
The most recently added standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2024 onwards. They have been published to give advance notice. The 2021 standards apply until 31 March 2024. The 2018 standards apply until 1 April 2021.
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
Last updated 10 October 2024 + show all updates
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Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
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Added revised standards for data collected from 1 April 2024 onwards. Including NIPE testes standard S05 updated, NIPE hip standard S04 redesignated as a KPI, NIPE hip standard S03 redesignated as not a KPI.”
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• NIPE testes standard S05 updated • NIPE hip standard S04 redesignated as a KPI
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Removal of pathway and themes diagram.
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Removed the 2016 to 2017 standards PDF.
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Added revised standards for data collected from 1 April 2021 onwards.
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Added new format for standards publications and links to new glossary terms.
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Added minor correction to neonatal hip risk factors under standard 4.
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Publication of new standards applicable from 1 April 2018
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2016 to 2017 standards added.
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First published.