Guidance
Antenatal and newborn screening: identifying and reducing inequalities
Guidance to support NHS antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening providers and commissioners in addressing inequalities throughout the screening pathway.
Applies to England
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NHS population screening: identifying and reducing inequalities has generic guidance and resources on tackling inequalities in all national NHS screening programmes.
The guidance in this publication is specifically to support providers, commissioners and other partners involved in the delivery of the 6 NHS antenatal and newborn (ANNB) screening programmes:
- fetal anomaly screening
- infectious diseases in pregnancy screening
- sickle cell and thalassaemia screening
- newborn and infant physical examination
- newborn blood spot screening
- newborn hearing screening
It includes information and resources on how to:
- identify inequalities
- reduce inequalities
It also includes links to other resources.
Updates to this page
Published 25 August 2021
Last updated 23 June 2025
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Changed lead organisation to NHS England. Removed reference to screening helpdesk.
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First published.