Newborn blood spot screening: results to parents letter templates
Child health information services (CHIS) should use these letter templates to notify parents of their baby's blood spot screening results in a consistent way.
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An evaluation is taking place into screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in the NHS. The evaluation will cover around two-thirds of the newborn population in England.
There are 2 versions of each letter template depending on whether or not a baby was offered SCID screening alongside the 9 other newborn blood spot conditions.
See the PHE Screening blog for more information about the SCID screening evaluation.
Contact the Public Health England (PHE) Screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.
Updates to this page
Last updated 3 September 2021 + show all updates
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Updated information about the SCID screening evaluation.
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Updated the letter templates for the SCID screening evaluation.
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Additional template letter added for normal result for preterm repeat CHT screen.
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New letter templates added.
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First published.