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How antenatal care is changing

Pranav Panda NIPT
Interview
Making babies in the 21st century
UCL

Dr Pranav Pandya, Director of the Fetal Medicine Unit at UCLH and a senior clinical lecturer at UCL, explains the current fetal screening programme and how non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) differs to the existing practice.

He then gives his views on the applications of this new test and how it can be implemented in a public health system like the NHS.

For your discussion: What are your thoughts on hearing about the advances in the clinical context? How do you think these new choices impact prospective parents?

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