Guidance

Syphilis: managing infection in pregnancy

Guidance on how antenatal screening teams work with laboratories and sexual health services to manage a confirmed syphilis screen positive result during pregnancy.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 3 April 2023
• Last updated: 9 January 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Managing syphilis infection in pregnancy

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Syphilis management checklist

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Antenatal screening teams should follow this guidance while working with laboratories and sexual health services (SHS) to safely manage anyone who has a confirmed screen positive result for syphilis in pregnancy.

Published 3 April 2023
Last updated 9 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 9 January 2025

   Added a link to the Syphilis Management Checklist within section 8 of the guidance and updated the link to the BASHH clinical guidelines.

2. 3 April 2023

   First published.