Question reference: S3W-34738
- Asked by: Cathy Peattie, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 June 2010
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 July 2010
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the use of the enrichment culture method test for screening pregnant women for group B streptococcal infections.
Answer
The Scottish Government is given independent advice on screening by the UK National Screening Committee. The UK National Screening Committee currently recommends that a national screening programme for Group B Streptococcus should not be introduced. The evaluation of antenatal screening for Group B Streptococcal carriage against NSC Handbook Criteria is available at: http://www.screening.nhs.uk/groupbstreptococcus.