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Dec 9, 2022

CRA Insights: A landscape assessment of newborn screening (NBS) in Europe

Please read the latest CRA report on newborn screening in Europe. 

This paper provides insights from a policy landscape assessment conducted between October 2020 to October 2021, outlining the differences in the composition and functioning of NBS programmes across 30 European countries. In addition, the paper looks to explain the observed differences through comparative analysis of specific policies governing periodic updates to NBS panels and explores the interplay of stakeholders involved in this process. Finally, this paper articulates the implications for policy change needed to make NBS programmes more patient-focused and better fit for purpose, as well as the role that decision-making stakeholders should play in driving the change towards optimising the positive impact of NBS programmes on patients and healthcare systems in the future.