Down's Syndrome: Screening
(asked on 15th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the effect of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing for Down’s Syndrome on the number of children born with Down’s Syndrome.
This question was answered on 23rd September 2020
The national evaluative roll out for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as part of the NHS Foetal Anomaly Screening Programme is yet to be implemented. Once rolled out, the programme will be able to monitor how the introduction of NIPT is working at each stage of the screening pathway and data will be collected on the choices women make regarding screening and/or diagnosis.