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Anne Lomax

Frontline staff, who perform the examination of the newborn, are in an ideal position to influence health choices made by women and their families to help ensure good maternal health and, in the longer term, optimum life chances of newborn babies. Newborn screening has the potential to prevent infant deaths by detecting certain congenital anomalies or conditions that contribute to long‐term illness (PHE 2017). Moreover, it can provide a valuable opportunity to advise women on health promotion issues such as nutrition and feeding, smoking, sudden unexpected death in infancy and immunisation programmes.