A digital invention in midwifery education, the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination app (NIPE) ‘a textbook in your pocket’

The NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme offers parents of babies in England a physical examination for their baby within 72 hours of birth and an infant physical examination at 6 to 8 weeks old. The digital NIPE app screens for conditions relating to the hips, heart, eyes and (in boys) testes and can be performed by a suitably trained midwife, doctor, or neonatal nurse. Practitioners using the app can screen for congenital abnormalities which if detected and treated early, can reduce adverse outcomes in the longer term.