The Operating Theatre Journal

Friday, 8 November 2013

Mid-Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries Secures Commons Debate O Group B Streptococcus – The Life Threatening Infection Affecting New Babies

Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, held a debate in Parliament on Thursday 7th November 2013 on Group B Streptococcus (group B Strep/GBS).

Group B Strep is the UK’s most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies and approximately one newborn baby a day in the UK suffers from GBS infection, the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns.  One in ten of these sick babies will die and a further one in twenty of the survivors will suffer long-term physical or mental disabilities.

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