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. […]
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2008 Petition to the Prime Minister
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 […]
2007 Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists – audit on GBS disease January 2007
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 […]
2006 GBS Survey by Pregnancy & Birth Magazine
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 […]
2006 Online GBS Learning Package Launched
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 […]
2006 Health Protection Agency Standard Operating Procedure now available on testing for GBS carriage
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 […]
2006 The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists issue patient information on preventing group B Strep infection in newborn babies
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 .
2005 Petition to the Prime Minister
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 […]
2005 Parliamentary Early Day Motion 538: Group B Streptococcus
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. […]
2004 Parliamentary Early Day Motion 973: Group B Streptococcus
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 […]