Newborn Blood Spot Screening tests drops of blood collected from a baby’s heel to help detect treatable conditions.
The Newborn Screening and Willink laboratories together are responsible for blood spot screening of all newborns within Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria.
The Newborn Screening Laboratory is part of the Clinical Biochemistry Directorate within the Division of Laboratory Medicine and performs all of the first line analytical tests for Congenital Hypothyroidism, Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell. The laboratory also provides a specialist endocrinology service.
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