Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35121
Streptococcus: Screening
Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat — Mid Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Group B Streptococcus-specific enriched culture medium testing is available in hospital laboratories.
Answer
Ashley DaltonEnriched culture medium testing is used in National Health Service laboratories. Current clinical practice is that if a routine urine test in pregnancy indicates a bacterial infection, microbiology techniques, such as enriched culture medium plates, shoul...
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