In this section National screening programmes Cancer screening Cervical cancer screening Bowel cancer screening You are here:Screening in pregnancy Screening of new born babies Diabetic eye screening Aortic abdominal aneurysm screening Screening in pregnancy Pregnant women are offered the following types of screening: screening for infectious diseases(hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis) screening for Down's syndrome, Patau's syndrome and Edwards' syndrome screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia screening for physical abnormalities (mid-pregnancy scan) Previous page Bowel cancer screening Next page Screening of new born babies