2013 Incidence of GBS infection in newborn babies unchanged

Data has been published on the incidence of GBS infection in babies reported in 2012.  Despite national guidelines being introduced for the prevention of early-onset GBS infection in 2003 (updated 2012), the incidence of early onset GBS infection in England, Wales & Northern Ireland is largely unchanged, suggesting that these guidelines are having at best a limited effect.  Click here to see the data reports from 2001 to 2012.