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Purpose of the Specification. To ensure a consistent and equitable approach across England a common national service specification must be used to govern the provision and monitoring of newborn hearing screening services. The purpose of this service specification for the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) is to outline the service and quality indicators expected by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHS E) for the population for whom it is responsible and which meets the policies, recommendations and standards of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The service specification is not designed to replicate, duplicate or supersede any relevant legislative provisions that may apply, e.g. the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or the work undertaken by the Care Quality Commission. The specification will be reviewed and amended in line with any new guidance as quickly as possible. This specification should be read in conjunction with: • Newborn hearing screening: programme overview • NHSP programme standards • NHSP Operational Guidance • NHSP protocols • NHSP protocols for NICU babies • NHSP staff induction and training requirements • Managing Safety Incidents in NHS Screening Programmes • NHS screening programmes: national data reporting • Modernising Children’s Hearing Aid Services (MCHAS) protocols and guidelines • Diagnostic audiology protocols • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical guideline 37 Routine and postnatal care of women and their babies 2006 • Improving Quality in Physiological services (IQIPS) The national screening team in Public Health England (PHE Screening) provides expert advice and support to the NHS Screening Programme. It does those things which make sense to do once rather than by each individual screening service. This includes: • developing and monitoring standards • producing public information leaflets • quality assurance of local screening services • enabling accessible training and education Providers should subscribe to the PHE Screening blog for the latest national news and updates. National documentation and guidance are published on ▇▇▇.▇▇.‌‌‌‌

Purpose of the Specification. To ensure a consistent and equitable approach across England a common national service specification must be used to govern the provision and monitoring of newborn hearing fetal anomaly ultrasound screening servicesservices as part of the Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP). The purpose of this the service specification for the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) is to outline the service and quality indicators expected by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHS E) for the population for whom it is responsible and which meets the policies, recommendations and standards of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC)NHS Fetal anomaly screening programme. The service This specification is not designed designated to replicate, duplicate or supersede any relevant legislative provisions that which may apply, e.g. of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 2008 or the work undertaken by the Care Quality Commission. The specification will be reviewed and amended in line with any new guidance as quickly as possible. This specification should be read in conjunction with: • Newborn hearing screening: programme overview Service Specification Number 16 Fetal Anomaly Screening • NHSP programme FASP screening standards • NHSP Operational Guidance Antenatal and newborn screening key performance indicators (KPIs) • NHSP protocols FASP Ultrasound Practitioners Handbook • NHSP protocols for NICU babies FASP Laboratory Handbook • NHSP staff induction and training requirements FASP Screening Programme Handbook • Managing Safety Incidents in the English NHS National Screening Programmes • NHS screening programmes: national data reporting England Serious Incident Framework • Modernising Children’s Hearing Aid Services FASP Checks and audits to improve quality and reduce risks • National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (MCHASNICE) protocols and guidelines • Diagnostic audiology protocols Clinical guideline 62 Antenatal care • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical guideline 37 Routine CG 129 Antenatal care for twin and postnatal care triplet pregnancies • Royal College of women and their babies 2006 Radiologists. Standards for provision of an ultrasound service. • Improving Quality in Physiological services (IQIPS) Guidelines for the safe use of diagnostic ultrasound. British Medical Ultrasound Society The national screening team in Public Health England (PHE Screening) provides expert advice and support to the NHS Screening Programme. It does those things which make sense to do once rather than by each individual screening service. This includes: • developing and monitoring standards • producing public information leaflets • quality assurance of local screening services • enabling accessible developing and commissioning training and education Providers should subscribe to the PHE Screening blog for the latest national news and updates. National documentation and guidance are is published on ▇▇▇.▇▇.‌‌‌‌.