Guidance
Newborn blood spot screening: movers in with no available records
Newborn blood spot (NBS) screening guidance for babies under a year of age with no available screening results.
Applies to England
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This document includes:
- eligibility for screening
- procedures for offering screening to babies that move in
- advice for parents
Updates to this page
Published 1 February 2013
Last updated 25 September 2025
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Added information and guidance for hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT1)
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Update to section 2.3 (Recording results).
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Updated document after programme review.
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Updated guidance as all UK countries have introduced, (or plan to) screening for the 4 additional inherited metabolic diseases.
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First published.