Petitions/Mandate testing of women and babies for group b streptococcus
StatusOngoing
Opened11 Jun 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We want the Government to ensure that pregnant women and new-born babies of mothers who are positive for group b streptococcus are tested routinely.

I was tested positive at the beginning of my pregnancy with group b streptococcus I was only tested due to going in with blood spotting when I read up about this 20-40% of people get this and can be harmless but for babies it can be serious like my son did because he was not tested for strep b when he was born we went home for a week after being in hospital for 9 days & then while home my son was clearly ill and I nearly lost him and I don’t want anyone else to go through this too.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Jess Asato
1Jess Asato MP
Lowestoft
16
Luke Murphy
2Luke Murphy MP
Basingstoke
3
Sean Woodcock
3Sean Woodcock MP
Banbury
1
Jo White
4Jo White MP
Bassetlaw
1
Dr Kieran Mullan
5Dr Kieran Mullan MP
Bexhill and Battle
1
Dawn Butler
6Dawn Butler MP
Brent East
1
Sir Christopher Chope
7Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
1
Sarah Jones
8Sarah Jones MP
Croydon West
1
Baggy Shanker
9Baggy Shanker MP
Derby South
1
Danny Kruger
10Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1