Guidance
Severe skeletal dysplasia: information for parents
This information can help parents of babies with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of severe skeletal dysplasia discuss the condition with healthcare professionals.
Applies to England
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This publication explains severe skeletal dysplasia.
It includes information about:
- what the condition is
- how common it is
- how it is diagnosed and confirmed
- what treatment is available
- what the outlook for the baby is
- what happens next
- how likely it is to happen in future pregnancy
- where more support and information is available
The NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP) tests for this condition.
To request another format, you can phone 0300 311 22 33 or email england.contactus@nhs.net.
Updates to this page
Published 1 September 2021
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Added translations in 10 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Punjabi and Urdu.
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Added information on requesting other formats.
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Changed lead organisation to NHS England.
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First published.