New law to improve and update newborn heel prick screening throughout Spain
31 Jul 2026Effective: 31 Jul 202663 views
Who is affected:
Newborns, families, SNS healthcare professionals and autonomous communities
Summary
The law strengthens the neonatal screening program ('heel prick test') to detect rare diseases in babies, ensuring periodic evaluations and greater equality among autonomous communities.
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Law 3/2026 amends Law 16/2003 on SNS cohesion to require the Ministry of Health to annually evaluate the neonatal screening program, incorporating clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and ethical requirements criteria. Currently 21 diseases are screened in the common portfolio, but some CCAA reach 43, generating …
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