Here - Health Promotion Agency
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The first weeks<br />
SCREENING AT A GLANCE<br />
Your baby will be offered a series of tests to check on their health and development. This table shows<br />
when these tests are due to be offered and what they are. If you would like more information about any<br />
of these tests, or if you are worried about your child’s development, contact your health visitor or GP.<br />
Age screening offered at Name of screen test What it is Comments<br />
1 day–1 month<br />
Newborn hearing<br />
A hearing test will be offered<br />
to babies born within areas<br />
that are implementing the<br />
newborn hearing screening<br />
programme.<br />
Your baby may alternatively be<br />
offered a hearing distraction<br />
test at 6–8 months old. This will<br />
be phased out as the newborn<br />
programme is fully implemented.<br />
1–3 days<br />
Newborn physical<br />
examination<br />
Your baby will be offered a<br />
check to screen his/her heart,<br />
hips and eyes, and testes in boys.<br />
This also includes a general<br />
physical examination<br />
5–8 days<br />
Newborn bloodspot<br />
A heel-prick sample is offered<br />
to test for phenylketonuria and<br />
congenital hypothyroidism for<br />
all babies. Screening for sickle<br />
cell disorders and cystic fibrosis<br />
is also being implemented.<br />
6–8 weeks<br />
Physical examination<br />
You will be offered a check to<br />
screen your baby’s heart, hips<br />
and eyes, and testes in boys.<br />
This will also include<br />
measuring your baby’s weight.<br />
Immunisations are routinely<br />
offered at 2 months, 3 months,<br />
4 months, 12 months, 15<br />
months, and three to five years.<br />
For more information, see<br />
Childhood immunisations on<br />
page 103.<br />
6-36 months<br />
Hearing assessment at<br />
6-8 months<br />
General reviews<br />
between 8 and 36<br />
months<br />
An infant distraction test will<br />
be offered at 6–8 months if<br />
your child has not previously<br />
had the newborn hearing test.<br />
This will be phased out when the<br />
newborn screening programme has<br />
been fully implemented.<br />
At 8–12 months and at around<br />
2 and around 3 years, a review<br />
may be offered to assess your<br />
child’s general well-being.<br />
3 1 /2-4 1 /2 years<br />
School entry vision<br />
screening, height and<br />
weight, dental screening<br />
and hearing screening<br />
Your child may be offered a<br />
review to assess general<br />
wellbeing.<br />
For more information on NHS screening programmes, you can check:<br />
● http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/screening (the main site for NHS screening programmes)<br />
● www.nhsp.info/(for newborn hearing screening)<br />
● www.newbornscreening-bloodspot.org.uk (for newborn bloodspot)<br />
● www.kcl-phs.org.uk/haemscreening/(for sickle cell and thalassaemia)<br />
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