Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82361
Streptococcus: Babies
Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025
Question
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce group B strep infections in newborn babies.
Answer
Karin SmythThe United Kingdom uses the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ risk-based approach whereby those women identified as being at increased risk of having a baby affected by Group B streptococcus (GBS) are managed according to agreed clinical ...
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