A learning session on the R445 pathway which has been added to the National Testing Directory and is expected to be implemented into maternity services by 1s April 2024.
All testing will be routed via the NIPT laboratories commissioned by the Fetal Anomaly Programme. For service detail please contact your local antenatal screening or fetal medicine team directly for more information.
Our speakers gave an overview of this pathway and practicalities for colleagues in the East of England and East Midlands, including:
00:00:00
Introduction to NHS East Genomics and screening pathway in pregnancy (Jo Hargrave, Lead Midwife, East Genomics)
00:08:25
Overview of NIPT pathway (Elaine Holgado, Consultant Clinical Scientist and NHS FASP Screening Lead, Health Services Laboratories, TDL Genetics)
R445 NIPT Pathway
00:27:45
Jo Hargrave, Lead Midwife, East Genomics
00:31:20
Marianne Quinn, Regional NIPT Screening Midwife Coordinator, SAFE test laboratory, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
00:43:10
Practicalities of sending samples (Elaine Holgado, Consultant Clinical Scientist and NHS FASP Screening Lead, Health Services Laboratories, TDL Genetics)
00:46:40
Useful links, resources, training and support (Jo Hargrave, Lead Midwife, East Genomics)
Further information and contacts:
https://www.eastgenomics.nhs.uk/