| Heading: |
Streptococcus: Health Services |
| Question ID: |
1807661 |
| UIN: |
56093 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5283 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alison Bennett
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Alison Bennett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle disparities in the incidence of group B Streptococcal infections among different (a) ethnic and (b) socioeconomic groups. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has co-ordinated periods of enhanced surveillance of invasive group B Streptococcal (GBS) in infants younger than 90 days, allowing for a greater understanding of the risk factors and outcomes of infection, which is v... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |