Newborn bloodspot screening - Service Specification March 2026

Purpose of document:

To ensure a consistent and equitable approach across Scotland a common national service specification must be used to govern the provision and monitoring of universal newborn bloodspot screening services. The purpose of the service specification is to outline the service and quality indicators expected by NHS Scotland for the population for whom it is responsible and which meets the policies, recommendations and standards of the NHS Screening programmes. Wherever possible this specification follows the English Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme specification with relevant aspects reproduced with kind permission by the programme centre.