Lancet study proves that NHS refusing to screen for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of the newborn heel prick test is ...

Ezra Thorman was not supposed to survive but was one of first babies in the world to be treated for spinal muscular atrophy ...

Newborn babies in England will now be routinely screened for a rare genetic condition, NHS England has announced. Hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT1) affects around seven UK babies annually, causing ...

One child who has benefitted from the programme is ten-year-old Callum Stein. His journey began with his newborn hearing screening when he was just one day old. He then underwent a diagnostic auditory ...