Table 2.

Reason for task closure of completed repeat card requests, 2016–2020.

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Repeat sample received (%)	926 (96.4%)	770 (95.5%)	665 (95.0%)	627 (96.9%)	712 (96.5%)
Parental refusal † (%)	29 (3.0%)	33 (4.1%)	33 (4.7%)	15 (2.3%)	22 (3.0%)
Alternative action ‡ (%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)
Total completed requests	961	806	700	647	738

^† Parental refusal to collect a requested sample that has been communicated to the screening laboratory. ^‡ Alternative action includes a specialist referral and/or testing performed in a community laboratory (for example diagnostic serum thyroid function tests).