Guidance: Screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome: non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

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Screening for Downs syndrome, Edwards syndrome and Pataus syndrome: NIPT

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Experimental FASP NIPT metrics

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NIPT screening request form: minimum data field requirements

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For health care professionals offering non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) screening for Downs syndrome (T21), Edwards syndrome (T18) and Pataus syndrome (T13).

Includes information on:

eligibility for NIPT within NHS FASP
laboratory requirements for NIPT
blood sampling and transport
reporting NIPT results

Published 26 April 2021
Last updated 6 October 2023 +show all updates

6 October 2023
2.2 North Thames GLH (Health Service Laboratory (HSL)) blood sampling and transport value has changed.
23 September 2021
Added lower chance result letter templates.
14 May 2021
Added information about screening safety incidents (section 9).
26 April 2021
First published.