Streptococcus

Health written question – answered at on 21 May 2012.

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Photo of Mike Hancock Mike Hancock Liberal Democrat, Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve awareness of Group B streptococcus.

Photo of Anne Milton Anne Milton The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

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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