Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme

FASP offers screening to all eligible pregnant individuals in England to assess the chance of the baby being born with Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome or Patau’s syndrome and a number of structural conditions of the developing baby. NCARDRS collects this data and provides each maternity trust in England with detection rates for each of these conditions, benchmarked against regional and national detection rates. The data is used to provide reliable and timely information about the quality of screening services at local, regional and national level and contributes towards the safety and effectiveness of screening services.

For more information visit the FASP handbook