Guidance

Newborn blood spot screening: standards

Screening standards for the NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme.

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.

Published 1 January 2014
Last updated 8 October 2024 + show all updates

8 October 2024
Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
12 March 2021
Removal of pathway and themes diagram.
20 October 2020
Updated Newborn blood spot screening supporting information: sections NBS-S07a, NBS-S07b and NBS-S07c.
7 October 2020
Updated Newborn blood spot screening standards for data collected from 1 April 2021.
11 September 2020
Updated standards S07a, S07b and S07c.
7 February 2020
Added revised standards for data collected from 1 April 2020 onwards.
26 July 2019
Newborn blood spot screening standards updated and reformatted.
26 January 2017
Standards updated January 2017 for implementation from April 2017
1 January 2014
First published.