Guidance: Newborn and infant physical examination screening: standards

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October 10

08:56 2024

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These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme.

The most recently added standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2024 onwards. They have been published to give advance notice. The 2021 standards apply until 31 March 2024. The 2018 standards apply until 1 April 2021.

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 March 2008
Last updated 10 October 2024 +show all updates

10 October 2024
Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
22 May 2024
Added revised standards for data collected from 1 April 2024 onwards. Including NIPE testes standard S05 updated, NIPE hip standard S04 redesignated as a KPI, NIPE hip standard S03 redesignated as not a KPI.
7 March 2024
NIPE testes standard S05 updatedNIPE hip standard S04 redesignated as a KPI
12 March 2021
Removal of pathway and themes diagram.
11 January 2021
Removed the 2016 to 2017 standards PDF.
8 January 2021
Added revised standards for data collected from 1 April 2021 onwards.
22 August 2018
Added new format for standards publications and links to new glossary terms.
19 April 2018
Added minor correction to neonatal hip risk factors under standard 4.
21 March 2018
Publication of new standards applicable from 1 April 2018
4 April 2016
2016 to 2017 standards added.
1 March 2008
First published.

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