PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(30 May 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on regional variations in access to group B Streptococcus testing; and what steps are being taken to reduce those variations.

Asked by:
Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat)

The UK National External Quality Assessment Service’s (NEQAS) microbiology service, hosted by The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has introduced a group B Streptococcus Screening External Quality Assessment scheme as of April 2025.

The UKHSA does not currently collect regional variations in the provision of group B testing services.

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