Guidance: Clinical pathway for babies who screen positive for SCID

Following this clinical pathway will help immunology services and teams to make sure babies are referred into diagnostic testing in the required timescales.



Promotional material: COVID-19 vaccination: resources for secure settings

Information resources for prisons, immigration removal centres and other secure settings.



Correspondence: Newborn blood spot screening: results to parents letter templates

Child health information services (CHIS) should use these letter templates to notify parents of their baby’s blood spot screening results in a consistent way.



Newborn blood spot screening: results to parents letter templates

Published 6 January 2015
Last updated 3 September 2021 + show all updates

  1. Updated information about the SCID screening evaluation.

  2. Updated the letter templates for the SCID screening evaluation.

  3. Additional template letter added for normal result for preterm repeat CHT screen.

  4. New letter templates added.

  5. First published.



Guidance: Hepatitis B dried blood spot (DBS) testing for infants

Information and service documents on the national DBS testing service offered by PHE to improve uptake of 12 month testing of infants born to hepatitis B infected mothers.