PHE - Screening Services - HIV- IDPS

lThe UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommends systematic population screening in pregnancy for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis. This is to enable early detection and treatment for infections in pregnancy in order to significantly reduce the risk of vertical transmission of infection from the mother to the child. The Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) programme, part of Public Health England, and has responsibility for implementing this policy in the NHS. The broad potential health outcomes of the IDPS Programme are safeguarding the health of women identified with these conditions in pregnancy, preventing new infant infections and protecting the health of newly infected infants.