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Offer Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women

Submitted on Thursday 10th March 2022

Rejected on Tuesday 15th March 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Offer Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women

Petition Details

Make testing available at routine midwife checks

Additional Information

My daughter was born with this and luckily was treated within 6 hours, however some are not as lucky as their babies sadly pass away from it.
It needs to be routinely tested in the UK, just like it is around the world.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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