Question follow-through · 56092
Streptococcus: Testing
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.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
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.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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5 Jun 2025
Answer published
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 c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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