About Newborn Hearing Screening Wales
Newborn hearing screening was introduced in Wales in March 2003 and once fully implemented across Wales became the first national newborn screening programme in the UK.
The programme is committed to providing a high quality service, working to all Wales policies, standards and protocols to ensure that newborn hearing screening is delivered in a consistent manner. These continue to be reviewed as experience is gained.
The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government and is hosted within the Screening Services Division of Velindre NHS Trust.
The Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Wales is managed as a clinical network, crossing organisational and professional boundaries, with overall responsibility for the implementation and ongoing management of the programme resting with the Associate Director of the programme. The Associate Director reports to the Director of the Screening Division of Velindre NHS Trust.
Dedicated teams of screeners are based in each Trust in Wales and centrally managed by NBHSW. The screeners are managed within the Trust by a Programme Manager and report clinically to a Divisional Coordinator.