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Article: GBS reporting - The facts you can't dispute.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 12, 2003
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK -- Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The statement yesterday by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that some recent media reports have misinterpreted the facts in relation to GBS screening of pregnant women in is incorrect says Group B Strep Support.
Group B Strep Support (GBSS) welcomes the responsible way in which the media has recently conveyed the key facts about GBS, which are:
- Pregnant women are not offered reliable testing for GBS in pregnancy. Reliable tests - already available in other countries - are now available privately in the UK for the first time. At present, there are no plans for ...