Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58197

Babies: Screening

Tabled: 9 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many babies were born with conditions not picked up during screening tests in each of the last ten years for which data is available.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The information requested is not held centrally. There is no specific field in the Maternity Services Dataset (MSDS) to capture screening results. Screening tests offered during pregnancy can be captured in MSDS via SNOMED codes, however information relat...

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