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Screening tests for you and your baby
GOV.UK and NHS England provide information about the screening tests offered
during and after pregnancy for both you and your baby. Both websites have similar
information.
GOV.UK website
Click on the blue arrow below to find GOV.UK information on the following tests:
- Infectious diseases
- Sickle cell and Thalassaemia
- Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome (the Combined Test and Reex DNA Test)
- 11 physical conditions (20 week scan)
- Diabetic eye screening
- Newborn eyes, heart, hips and testes (physical examination)
- Newborn hearing loss
- Newborn blood spot.
NHS website
Click on the blue arrow below to find NHS information on screening tests in pregnancy.