Health written question – answered at on 21 May 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve awareness of Group B streptococcus.
A midwife offers every woman testing for asymptomatic bacteria at booking in pregnancy and this includes looking for Group B streptococcus (GBS).
Information for women on GBS (early and late onset) is available on the NHS Choices website at:
www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/2037.aspx?categoryid=54& subcategoryid=137 including a link to the Group B Strep Support charity.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has produced patient information, “Preventing group B streptococcus (GBS) infection in newborn babies (information for you)”, for women and their families who are expecting a baby or are planning to get pregnant. Advice from that guidance also features on the NHS Choices website.
The RCOG has a Green-top guideline, Prevention of Early onset Group B Streptococcal Disease, which provides guidance for obstetricians, midwives and neonatologists on the prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease.
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No4 people think not
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