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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

Nottinghamshire families left unaware of babies’ blood test results in second NHS error

Testing blood in a lab
The NHS said the error affected some children born between 2004 and 2024. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of families in Nottinghamshire have potentially been left unaware of whether their babies may be carriers of certain genetic blood disorders, the second such NHS error to come to light since the start of this year.

About 300 families whose children were born between 2004 and September 2024 in Bassetlaw and mid-Nottinghamshire were identified by the NHS as being affected.

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