NHS TO SCREEN 100,000 NEWBORN BABIES FOR GENETIC CONDITIONS – 500 blood samples from 13 NHS hospitals already taken from newborn babies
The National Health Service (NHS) is set to screen 100,000 newborn babies for over 200 genetic conditions.
The initiative is described as a “world first” scheme to help early diagnosis of genetic diseases. Blood samples from 500 newborn babies have reportedly already been collected from 13 NHS hospitals.
Organisers plan to extend the scheme to test over 100,000 babies across 40 hospitals in England.
