Guidance

Newborn and infant physical screening: quality improvement

Guidance for providers and commissioners to improve quality in the NHS newborn and infant physical examination screening programme.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 29 June 2018
• Last updated: 30 January 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Newborn and infant physical examination quality improvement guidance

Ref: Publications gateway number 2018189

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NIPE quality improvement: good practice model

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NIPE quality improvement process audit checklist

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This document describes the joint work undertaken by the NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme national team and the screening quality assurance service (SQAS).

It includes:

• the background to NIPE screening incidents
• tools to assess maternity services against national NIPE screening pathways

It also includes guidance on identifying NIPE screening incidents in order to improve national consistency of response.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Published 29 June 2018
Last updated 30 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 30 January 2025

   Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England. Changed lead organisation to NHS England.

2. 29 June 2018

   First published.