Guidance

Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme: standards

Screening standards for the sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) antenatal and newborn screening programme.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 1 March 2019
• Last updated: 10 October 2024
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  1. 10 October 2024

     Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  2. 24 July 2023

     SCT programme standards 2017 removed - 2018 standards are current.

  3. 12 March 2021

     Removal of pathway and themes diagram.

  4. 1 March 2019

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening supporting information

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Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2018

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Details

These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme.

The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2018. They replace previous versions.

The newborn blood spot screening standards also apply.

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.