Conditions the heel prick screens for
Heel prick screening checks for 9 rare but serious conditions in babies. It is also known as 'newborn bloodspot screening'.
- Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID)
- Classical Galactosaemia
- Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT)
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1)
- Homocystinuria (HCU)
- Maple syrup urine disease
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD)
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)