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[ WITHDRAWN] Newborn blood spot screening: results to parents letter templates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.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 6 January 2015
• Last updated: 3 September 2021
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  1. 3 September 2021

     Updated information about the SCID screening evaluation.

  2. 24 August 2021

     Updated the letter templates for the SCID screening evaluation.

  3. 12 January 2017

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

  4. 8 March 2016

     New letter templates added.

  5. 6 January 2015

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 10 December 2025

This guidance has been superseded by Child Health Information Service (CHIS) - Vaccinations and Screening - Futures

Documents

SCID screening not offered and no conditions suspected: letter template

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SCID screening not offered and one condition suspected: letter template

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SCID screening not offered and too old for cystic fibrosis (CF): letter template

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SCID screening offered and no conditions suspected: letter template

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SCID screening offered and one condition suspected: letter template

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SCID screening offered and too old for cystic fibrosis (CF): letter template

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CHT not suspected following preterm repeat: letter template

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Details

An evaluation is taking place into screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in the NHS. The evaluation will cover around two-thirds of the newborn population in England.

There are 2 versions of each letter template depending on whether or not a baby was offered SCID screening alongside the 9 other newborn blood spot conditions.