Panorama/nipt on nhs

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Hi does anyone know if the NHS are offering panorama yet and what the criteria are for it? Will ask at my midwife appointment but thought I'd ask the power of Mumsnet!

I know that a couple of my local hospitals do offer it (Whittington/UCH), but I think only if your risk comes back over a certain level (based on bloods and nt measurement).

I am hoping that I will be offered it as I'm 43 now, so i suspect my risk will be higher than they were last time (1:1700 when I was 40). Otherwise I shall just have to stump up the £400 again.

Hey my chance cane back as 1/82 and im 25 and the hospital said it isn't allowed to use the nipt until next January. I had to go private and pay £400 for the test which came back low for everything.. Plus found out at 15 weeks im having a girl :) i think one hospital in London offers it but you have to pay as not available on NHS yet.

Thanks all!

I think some areas have done it as part of clinical studies/trials as my mum said her colleague was offered it on the NHS last year after her results came back high risk. My area currently has nothing available on the NHS so I did have to go private when I was given high risk results. As said above it is available on the NHS from 2018, just a pity its not now.