These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP).
The most recent standards are applicable to data collected from 1 April 2022. They replace previous versions.
See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.
Updated July 2024 to remove all reference to community model thresholds.
Updated the supporting information document: see the chapter titled 'Summary of changes from previous version of standard' for details. Added 'Newborn hearing screening programme standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2022' and deleted the outdated 'NHS newborn hearing screening programme standards 2016 to 2017'.
Removal of pathway and themes diagram.
Added glossary links to standard 1.
Published new NHSP standards being implemented from 1 April 2018.
Added NHS newborn hearing screening programme standards 2016 to 2017.
First published.