Antenatal care

Antenatal Screening

In Short

At your first booking appointment, the midwife will discuss the screening tests that will be offered to you during your pregnancy. You can watch a video about these tests HERE.

(Subtitles are available in English, as well as Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali and Urdu. A British Sign Language version is also available) or alternatively read more information on the NHS website.

Screening tests in pregnancy

Screening for hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis

Screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia

Screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome

20-week screening scan

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