Screening: antenatal, newborn and child screening programmes

Shared learning practice examples

Screening programme	Link to PHE screening blog	Indicative content of blog	Contact
Fetal anomaly: Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s screening	7 February 2018 Improving quality in Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s screening laboratories	Shared learning aimed at labs that provide Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s screening	Nadia Permalloo Head of quality assurance development (clinical) PHE Screening nadia.permalloo@nhs.net
Newborn hearing	19 January 2018 Sharing best practice in newborn hearing screening to ensure early assessment of babies	A new report highlights best practice in newborn hearing screening	Nadia Permalloo Head of quality assurance development (clinical) PHE Screening nadia.permalloo@nhs.net
Newborn hearing	23 January 2018 How we’ve improved newborn hearing screening and reduced parental anxiety	What we learnt from the best performing newborn hearing screening sites in England	Christopher H Brockbank Clinical Lead (Audiology) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Chris.Brockbank@lthtr.nhs.uk
Newborn hearing	31 January 2018 South East London Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is leading the way in KPI performance	A head of paediatric audiology shares some learning	Jolanta McCall Head of Paed Audiology/NHSP Evelina London Community Children’s Directorate Southwark Hearing Support Service Manager Jolanta.McCall@gstt.nhs.uk
Newborn hearing	2 February 2018 Bath’s newborn screening team scoops award for innovation	What a newborn screening team did to win a team of the month award	Victoria Mainstone Local Manager Newborn Hearing Screening Programme Royal United Hospital Bath victoria.mainstone1@nhs.net
Newborn screening	11 May 2018 Report highlights best practice for newborn screening in neonatal intensive care units	A new survey report highlights best practice for newborn screening in non-maternity settings	Jane Scarlett Consultant in Public Health Antenatal and Newborn Screening – London Jane.Scarlett@nhs.net Nadia Permalloo Head of quality assurance development (clinical) PHE Screening nadia.permalloo@nhs.net
Sickle cell and thalassaemia	28 August 2018 Small change improves early access to sickle cell and thalassaemia screening – PHE screening	The local screening coordinator at Princess Royal University Hospital, part of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Kent, talks about a very simple change having a big impact on early access	Louise Frost Local screening coordinator louisefrost1@nhs.net
Child vision screening	26 September 2018 Our child vision screening resources – a year on – PHE screening	Highlights a suite of resources to support the commissioning and delivery of high quality vision screening for 4 to 5 year olds in England and also talks about success of child vision screening in Lancashire	Nick Johnstone-Waddell Public and professional information lead PHE Screening nick.johnstone-waddell@phe.gov.uk
Newborn hearing	09 October 2018 Importance of feedback in newborn hearing screening	A blog about some of the great work being done to promote the importance of newborn hearing screening	Lynne Grey Lynne.Grey@kgh.nhs.uk Newborn hearing local coordinator Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust
Child vision screening	27 March 2019 Child vision screening: no change is needed to comply with GDPR	A reminder about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implications for child vision screening and clarification that schools do not need the permission of parents before they can share children’s data with the providers of school health services	Karon McCarthy
Sickle cell and thalassaemia	5 April 2019 Screening’s partnership work with Sickle Cell Society benefits people with sickle cell disorders	How Sickle Cell Society’s partnership work with the NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Society benefits people living with sickle cell disorders	Matthew Neal Communications and Social Media Officer Sickle Cell Society matthew.neal@sicklecellsociety.org
Infectious diseases in pregnancy screening	18 April 2019 Making sure pregnant women who screen positive for infectious diseases get best care	An antenatal and newborn screening co-ordinator explains the failsafe processes that help her team make sure pregnant women who screen positive for infectious diseases receive prompt and appropriate follow-up care	Laura Keeble laura.keeble@nhs.net
Infectious diseases in pregnancy	26 April 2019 Successful IDPS laboratory workshop will now be held every year	NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme holds its first national workshop for screening laboratory staff	Sonia Segalini Screening QA Project Officer sonia.segalini@phe.gov.uk
Fetal anomaly, infectious diseases in pregnancy and sickle cell and thalassaemia	16 May 2019 Learning from the experiences of others in antenatal screening	Learning from screening incidents to improve antenatal screening programmes	Nadia Permalloo PHE Head of Screening Quality Assurance Development (Clinical) Nadia.Permalloo@phe.gov.uk
Fetal anomaly screening	4 June 2019 Language matters, especially if you’re a health professional talking to parents-to-be	Two mums explain why words and terminology are so important when health professionals talk about Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome	Colette Lloyd Speech and Language Therapist dcclloyd@yahoo.co.uk Alison Pearson SOFT UK Trustee alisonpearson1@yahoo.com
Antenatal and newborn screening	5 June 2019 Collaborative working improves screening for babies and mums in Cumbria	Workshop helps to improve working relationships and strengthen screening pathways	Anne Edwards Cumbria Child Health Information Services Anne.Edwards13@nhs.net / Anne.Edwards@cumbria.nhs.uk
Sickle cell and thalassaemia	6 June 2019 Sharing best practice to improve early access to sickle cell and thalassaemia screening	Audit results identify ways in which local screening providers are improving performance in achieving early access to screening	Jamili Miah NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme jamili.miah@nhs.net
Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening	14 June 2019 Improving timely access to sickle cell and thalassaemia screening – a personal account	One screening and immunisation coordinator explains how she worked with colleagues in Essex to improve early access to screening	Hayley McCarthy Screening and Immunisation Co-ordinator, Essex hayley.mccarthy@nhs.net
NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme	19 June 2019 Important learning points from screening support sonographers’ workshops	Feedback from a workshop for screening sonographers highlighted a number of areas for shared learning and improvement.	Liane Powell Liane.powell@phe.gov.uk
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia screening	3 October 2019 Best practice screening guidance for pregnancies resulting from egg or sperm donation	This blog article gives providers guidance on sickle cell and thalassaemia screening for women who are pregnant via egg donation.	Amanda Hogan NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia programme manager PHE Screening Amanda.hogan@phe.gov.uk

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Last Updated on 16th June 2023

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