GBS Awareness Survey

[Lhayes2307]

Hi Everyone,
I’m currently campaigning for routine Group B Strep (GBS) testing to be offered on the NHS, and I’m gathering some real-world numbers to include in an upcoming letter to the Health Secretary and decision-makers.
If anyone has a spare 2 minutes, I’d be really grateful if you could fill out a quick, anonymous 8-question survey on GBS awareness and antenatal care experiences:
It’s completely anonymous (no personal details are collected) and it’s open to everyone whether you’ve had babies, are currently pregnant, or haven't had children at all. Even if you hadn’t heard of GBS before clicking, that in itself helps show why better antenatal information is needed!

Are you connected with gbss.org.uk? If not, I strongly suggest linking in with them. They have done amazing things to get GBS on the radar of HCPs, have had several large parliamentary events, and have been very involved in the work of a trial involving 300 hospitals in the UK to see if routine testing lowers GBS rates.

Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion! GBSS do amazing work raising awareness and supporting the GBS3 trial. I have reached out to them during different phases of my petition however, because of their involvement with the trial, they aren't backing a separate push to mandate the offer of testing right now so I’m driving this independently! So far, I’ve hand-delivered our petition to 10 Downing Street with my MP and shared the campaign on BBC and ITV News. Hopefully with both their charity work and grassroots campaigning we can keep the momentum going on raising awareness.