Statistics
Facts about the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP):
- All areas of England have been offered hearing screening since March 2006
- Over 5 1/2 million babies have been screened since the programme started
- NHSP has one of the most successful clinical IT systems currently in use in the NHS. It is called eSP and handles the screening of over 1800 babies every day
- A rigorous Quality Assurance Programme ensures that all hearing screening services around the country are assessed on a regular basis to check that they are effective and safe
- For babies born up to December 2012:
- 5,724,506 baby records are recorded on our screening management system (eSP) since the programme started its country wide roll out
- 5,631,502 screens have been offered (98.4% of babies born)
- 16,709,420 screening tests have been carried out
- 10,523 babies have been identified through the programme with a permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) - 6675 with a bilateral PCHI and 3848 with a unilateral PCHI
- On average, based on figures from January to December 2012, every week:
- 13,290 Babies screened
- 338 (2.54%) Babies referred for audiological assessment
- 27 Babies identified with a permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI)
If you are a parent, or a parent to be, and would like more information about newborn hearing screening please go to the 'public' area of this website.
If not, please feel free to contact us or talk to your family doctor or Health Visitor.
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