Health professionals should use the following telephone numbers to contact the laboratory:
1. To check that a sample has been received, or for any queries about demographic information on a bloodspot card:
2. For all clinical enquiries (including interpretation of screening results) or enquiries about the quality of a bloodspot sample please contact:
Dr Fiona Stratford | Clinical Biochemist |
Tel – 029 2184 5448 Email: Fiona.stratford@wales.nhs.uk |
Professor Stuart J Moat |
Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Director of Wales Newborn Screening Laboratory |
Tel - 029 2184 3562 Email: stuart.moat@wales.nhs.uk
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Newborn Screening Laboratory |
Newborn Screning Laboratory Department of Medical Biochemistry University Hospital of Wales Heath Park Cardiff CF14 4XW |
Email: New.Screening.cav@wales.nhs.uk |
The regional Newborn Screening Administration teams can be contacted (office hours Monday – Friday) by health professionals who have queries about the follow up of babies identified by the NBSWS failsafe. The teams can also be contacted to request the NHS number for a baby if it is not available prior to taking the sample.
South East Wales | Cardiff and Vale, Cwm Taf Morgannwg (except Bridgend) and Aneurin Bevan University Health Boards |
Newborn Screening Tel - 029 2184 3568 |
Mid and West Wales |
Swansea Bay, Cwm Taf Morgannwg (Bridgend) and Hywel Dda University Health Boards and Powys Teaching Health Board |
Newborn Screening Administration team Tel - 01792 343364 |
North Wales | Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board |
Newborn Screening Administration team Tel - 01978 727005 |
PHW.NBSWFailsafe@wales.nhs.uk |
Catherine Boyce - Programme Co-ordinator |
catherine.boyce2@wales.nhs.uk | 029 2010 4399 |
Margaret Birch - Programme Co-ordinator |
margaret.birch@wales.nhs.uk | 029 2010 4634 |
Administration Support | nbsw@wales.nhs.uk | 029 2010 4427 |