United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 91495
Streptococcus: Pregnancy
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17 November 2025
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24 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a screening programme for group B Streptococcus in pregnant women.
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17 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a screening programme for group B Streptococcus in pregnant women.
Source: Commons
24 November 2025
Answer
On all aspects of population and targeted screening, Ministers are advised by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC).The UK NSC last reviewed the evidence to screen for group B streptococcus (GBS) at 35 to 37 weeks of pregnancy in 2017 and concluded...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-17/91495
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1852977
- uk · wq-1852977 · source updated 24 November 2025