Group B Strep guidelines, patient information materials, and rates of neonatal infection

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Dear The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

The charity Group B Strep Support is doing some research into group B Strep prevention policies, information provision, and types of GBS testing done across the UK.

Please would you fill in the spreadsheet found at https://gbss.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2...

Please let me know if any questions are unclear. To assist with responding to this FOI request, we would expect questions 1-6 and 8-9 to need input from the Midwifery/Obstetrics & Gynaecology department, while questions 10-14 will likely need input from the Microbiology department.

Please provide answers to the spreadsheet linked above in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Plumb

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Dear Oliver

 

Thank you for your email of 10^th June 2019 where you requested
information about Group B Strep from The Royal Bournemouth and
Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RBCH).

 

The information you requested is below with answers provided in bold, blue
text:

 

The charity Group B Strep Support is doing some research into group B
Strep prevention policies, information provision, and types of GBS testing
done across the UK.

 

Please find attached the RBCH antenatal care guideline which  mentions
Group B Strep, and the RCOG leaflet that is provided women who have been
diagnosed with GBS. RBCH runs a midwife-led birthing unit only, and does
not give IV antibiotics or have full neonatal facilities. As such any
women with GBS will give birth at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s
maternity unit where those facilities are available. When caring for women
diagnosed with GBS, RBCH’s birthing unit follows Poole Hospital’s GBS
guideline, which are attached.

 

 

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