Streptococcus: Screening
Commons · Question 4602 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8936 on Streptococcus: Screening, when he expects to receive the response of the UK National Screening Committee's findings on the outcom
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 12 Sep 2024
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded the GBS3 trial. It is looking at whether testing all pregnant women for Group B Streptococcus and giving them antibiotics reduces the risk of infection in newborn babies, compared to the cu...