Business question from Philip Hollobone (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
Business of the House
Will the Secretary of State for Health make a statement on the national health service's approach to group B streptococcal infections in newborn babies? Three out of 10 pregnant women carry the GBS bacterium, which is the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborn babies, affecting 700 babies a year, 75 of whom die as a result. The NHS does not routinely screen for the condition, but if it did, 80 per cent. of the infections could be treated.
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- 2007-08
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- Pregnancy Screening Bacterial diseases Streptococcus
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