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NHS error meant hundreds of parents did not know children’s sickle cell status

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Electron microscope image showing a blood cell altered by sickle cell disease. The NHS has apologised ‘wholeheartedly’ to affected families and has begun an investigation into the lapse. Photograph: AP

An error by the NHS led to hundreds of families with African-Caribbean heritage being left unaware of whether their babies may be carriers of certain genetic blood disorders, the Guardian has learned.  Read More

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