Prenatal screening developments win UK accolade:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The development of prenatal screening of foetal abnormalities is the topic of the 2006 Healthcare Scientist of the Year award by the UK's Department of Health. It was presented at the Chief Scientific Officer's Conference, in London on November 27, to Professor Kevin Spencer (Barking, Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust). The Association for Clinical Biochemistry underlined his "outstanding work in the development of a one-stop service for Down's screening".