We are conducting a follow-on study from the TABLET trial. The study will look at neonatal thyroid function blood test results (which are taken as part of the routine neonatal screening, offered to all babies in the UK).To access this information we plan to retrieve the NHS numbers of the babies born within the trial, and link these with laboratory results for the thyroid blood result. The NHS numbers will be analysed through an anonymous dataset, which will be destroyed after the study is complete.
We are conducting this study to find out if women who are positive for thyroid peroxidase antibodies have a higher chance of having babies with an under-active thyroid or not. The findings of our study will be published once completed.
Please find below a link the BCTU privacy statement, which offers more details about data processing.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/bctu/data-protection.aspx