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Group B Streptococcus Awareness Week

Group B Streptococcus Awareness Week

The week of December 3^rd was Group B Streptococcus (GBS) awareness week. This is a bacterial infection of babies and is the most common cause of blood infections and meningitis in newborns. Each year in the UK about 100 babies will die even with the best medical care. In recent years a number of Warrington families have been hit by GBS.

To coincide with GBS week David Mowat wrote to the Health Secretary with the full petition of signatures raised in Warrington over the past 3 months.

David Mowat says “ We are the only country in Western Europe that does not routinely screen for GBS…….the test is quite simple and only costs around £30……..it is a further example of how our health system falls further behind the rest of the world as money is wasted on bureaucracy and central targets……….”

GBS website is www.gbss.org.uk

Local GBS campaigners Elaine Chegwin Hall, Mark Watson, Emma Watson and family with David.