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National Screening Unit
National Screening Unit
The National Screening Unit (NSU) provides bowel, breast, cervical, pregnancy and newborn health screening programmes across Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Screening for Down syndrome and other conditions
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Information for pregnant people and their whānau about screening for Down syndrome and other conditions during pregnancy.
Heel prick test — newborn metabolic screening
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Information for parents and whānau about the heel prick test - newborn metabolic screening for rare disorders.
Universal hearing screening for newborns
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Information for parents and whānau about universal hearing screening for newborns to check if your baby hears well.
National Bowel Screening Programme
Information for health professionals about the National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) and screening test called a faecal immunochemical test (FIT).
BreastScreen Aotearoa
Information for health professionals about the national breast screening programme aiming to reduce women's morbidity and mortality from breast cancer
National Cervical Screening Programme
Information for health professionals about the National Cervical Screening Programme and HPV primary screening to detect early signs of cancer.
Antenatal Screening for Down Syndrome and other conditions
Information for health professionals about screening during pregnancy for Down syndrome or another rare genetic condition.
Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme
Information for health professionals about newborn metabolic screening for rare genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Information for health professionals about the universal newborn hearing screening programme including procedures, guidelines and reports.
About screening
Most people take part in screening in order to be reassured they are healthy, rather than with the expectation they are not.
Information requests
This page contains the forms required for requesting information from the National Screening Unit's Programme data sets.
Records Management
The Public Records Act 2005 sets the framework for creating and managing information in government.
NSU Advisory Groups
The National Screening Unit seeks external advice from a range of sources to support its work.
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