
2008 – Mourning Sarah
Just released is a book, Mourning Sarah. It’s a mother’s story of the death of her newborn baby from group B Strep infection. It’s a story of grief and recovery – one theme is empowerment. […]
Working to stop GBS infection in babies
Just released is a book, Mourning Sarah. It’s a mother’s story of the death of her newborn baby from group B Strep infection. It’s a story of grief and recovery – one theme is empowerment. […]
On 23 January 2008, we delivered our Petition to No 10 which over 11,000 people had signed. GBSS supporters, representatives from Pregnancy & Birth, MPs Nicholas Soames, Theresa May, Nia Griffith, Philip Hollobone, Jeffrey Donaldson […]
In January 2007 the RCOG published the findings of their audit of practice in UK obstetric units against the recommendations of their guideline against GBS infection in newborn babies. The audit examined the organisation of […]
Pregnancy & Birth Magazine According surveyed 1,000 pregnant women and new mothers about GBS. The key results are : Nine out of 10 have ‘never heard of Group B Strep’ (87%) and of the few […]
In May 2006, the UK National Screening Committee launched their GBS online learning package. This learning package has been developed to raise awareness of GBS amongst health care professionals and it provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary […]
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued their BSOP (Bacteriology Standard Operating Procedure) No 58 – Screening swabs for Group B Streptococcal Carriage – seewww.hpa-standardmethods.org.uk. In order to obtain optimum detection of GBS carriage, this […]
In February 2006, the RCOG produced a patient information leaflet on preventing GBS infection in newborn babies. You can find this at http://www.rcog.org.uk/womens-health/clinical-guidance/preventing-group-b-streptococcus-gbs-infection-newborn-babies .
On Tuesday, 8th November 2005, GBSS delivered a petition of 5060 names to Downing Street. That there were as many signatures as this in the 2 month period the petition was running is testament to […]
On 6th July 2005, Mr David Cameron, MP for Witney, tabled another all-party Early Day Motion (EDM) about GBS. You can view the EDM 538 which 94 MPs signed at http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/538i to see who has already signed. […]
Mr David Cameron, MP for Witney, tabled another all-party Early Day Motion (EDM) about GBS. You can view the EDM at http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2003-04/973 to see who signed. Although it is no longer possible for MPs to sign this […]
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