A question on #Streptococcus #Diagnosis tabled by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi on 29-11-2024 has been answered by Andrew Gwynne.

Heading: Streptococcus: Diagnosis
Question ID: 1745792
UIN: 17001
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-11-29
Asking Member ID: 4638
Asking Member display name: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Asking Member handle: TanDhesi
Asking Member Twitter reference: @TanDhesi
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) early and (b) consistent diagnosis of Group B streptococcus.
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Date answered: 2024-12-05
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1506
Answering Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Answering Member handle: GwynneMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
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Answer text: Screening for group B streptococcus (GBS) is not routinely offered to all pregnant women. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) last reviewed the evidence to screen for GBS at 35 to 37 weeks of pregnancy in 2017, and concluded that there was insuff...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true