Baby Olsberg
7 May 2015 · Coroner Lisa Hashmi · Manchester (North)
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of antenatal screening for GBS
“That antenatal screening for GBS is not routinely offered by the NHS, to all pregnant women, during the final weeks of pregnancy.”
2. lack of prophylactic intrapartum antibiotics for GBS-positive women
“That prophylactic intrapartum antibiotics are not routinely offered to all women who test positive for GBS (or have done so in the past).”
3. risk of GBS infection in newborns
“That GBS infection is a very serious illness and in the absence of a national screening and prophylactic treatment programme, babies are potentially being put at risk of harm/death.”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.95 · high
This report
“That antenatal screening for GBS is not routinely offered by the NHS, to all pregnant women, during the final weeks of pregnancy.”
Later report
“That antenatal screening for GBS was not being routinely offered by the NHS to all pregnant - women during the final weeks of pregnancy”
Responses
2015-0177-Response-by-Department-of-Health.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action · 2015/16
“The UK NSC will be reviewing the evidence for antenatal screening for GBS again in 2015/16 as part of its routine evidence review process.”
2015-0177-Response-by-N.I.C.E.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action · 2015/16
“we will keep our recommendations under review, pending new evidence emerging.”
2015-0177-Response-by-Royal-College-of-Obstetricians-and-Gynaecologists.pdf ↗· Royal College of Obstetricians