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Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory

The Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory provides a national screening service to Scotland. The laboratory is situated on level 2B of the Laboratory Medicine Building at the Queen Elizabeth university Hospital in Glasgow. The screening services provided are funded by National Services Division of NHS Scotland and accredited by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) Reference No. 9352.

The scope of tests included in this accreditation can be viewed here

Dried blood spot samples are received from newborn babies from all over Scotland (approximately 60,000 per year) and tested for nine disorders:

1. Congenital Hypothyroidism (CHT)

2. Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

3. Sickle Cell Disorders (SCD)

4. Phenylketonuria (PKU)

5. Medium Chain Acyl – CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD)

6. Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)

7. Isovaleric Acidaemia (IVA)

8. Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 (GA1)

9. Homocystinuria (HCU)

The aim is to detect these conditions as early as possible to allow affected babies to be placed on the appropriate treatment.

Laboratory Working Hours

Routine Working Hours

Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm

Out of Hours arrangements

Saturday, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Other, Public holiday cover available

Contact Details

The main laboratory contact number is 0141 354  9277

Email: ggc.newbornscreeninglaboratory@nhs.scot

Postal address

Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory
Level 2, Laboratory Medicine Building 
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
1345 Govan Road
Glasgow
G51 4TF

Feedback

The Newborn Screening Service strives to continually improve the quality of its service and welcomes feedback from its users. Please contact the Laboratory’s Quality Manager here with any feedback or comments regarding the Newborn Screening Service.

For formal complaints, please refer to the NHSGGC complaints procedure.

Current Information on the Newborn Screening Programme