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Mum to rainbow baby Lois Ella Triccas & angel baby Ella Alma Frost born sleeping @ 41 wks on 10/07/11 due to preventable Group B Strep. #WhyGuess #GBSaware

Edinburgh
Joined September 2011
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Many expecting parents are not informed about #groupBstrep! groupbstrepinternational.org…
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Replying to @GBSSupport
@GBSSupport have launched their new campaign #EndGBSinfection on Sky News and they need your help! Will you take two minutes to ask your MP to prioritise group B Strep research? bit.ly/3rQR048
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Natalie Russell retweeted
Big congratulations to axe award winners this year. @Adobe @Workday @usertesting @allyfinancial @REI @CDCgov - deque.com/blog/axe-awards-at…
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Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this scandal. Kayleigh & Colin Griffiths bravely shared their experience of group B Strep and poor care, kickstarting the investigation into maternity care at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust ow.ly/z5Uv50I23qw
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drop a 🧇 if ur also at an eleven. #strangerthingsday is coming.
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50 babies a year die from silent killer Strep B infection which is passed on by mother during birth and 70 a year are left with severe disabilities. My call for hospitals to sign up to the screening trial and let’s put an end to this. ⁦@GBSSupport⁩ dailymail.co.uk/health/artic…
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Last week I wrote to all trust CEOs asking them to follow the 2017 RCOG guidelines as closely as possible using ECM (enriched culture medium) testing in order to provide the highest standard of care possible for both mother and baby. #Patientsafety thetimes.co.uk/article/group…
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Get your free ECM testing kit at GroupBStrepTest.co.uk there is no obligation. If you choose to take the test there is a fee if £35 paid directly to the laboratory.
The only way to tell if you’re carrying group B Strep is to do a simple, safe, swab test. The UK does not routinely test all pregnant women. For more info on private tests, visit gbss.org.uk/test #WhyGuessWhenYouCanTest #GroupBStrep
We’re looking for #maternity units for our #GBS3 cluster trial, comparing screening strategies for #groupBStrep. Interested? Email [email protected]. Please RT! #maternity #obstetrics #gbss #pregnancy #screening #clinicaltrial
The GBS3 Site Selection Questionnaire is now live! Look out for it in your inbox in the next couple of days! If you’d like to receive it (and haven’t emailed already) please contact [email protected]
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Natalie Russell retweeted
Obviously a subject very close to my heart having nearly lost Teddy to this illness still living with the fear he could have long-term complications but so happy reading this news ⁦@GBSSupport⁩ Hospitals to test mums-to-be for risky group-B strep bbc.co.uk/news/health-482526…
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Natalie Russell retweeted
Dr Kate Walker and Prof Jane Daniels speaking to @RobSissons1 on BBC East Midland News @bbcemt about our new GBS3 Trial! @kate3539 @GynaeResearcher #GBS3 #groupBstrep
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Hospitals to test mums-to-be for risky group-B strep bbc.in/2Hptq6k
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After losing their baby at just 7 days old to Group B Strep, we meet the parents who are campaigning for a simple test for all pregnant women
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Since the UK's risk based prevention strategies against #groupBStrep infection in babies was introduced in 2003, the number of newborn babies who develop early-onset GBS infection has INCREASED by 47% #time4change gbss.org.uk/uncategorized/ph…
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Natalie Russell retweeted
ICYMI - A mother whose first child died at just 3 days from #StrepB opens up about the ordeal @GBSSupport @JanePlumb #GBSaware #groupBStrep
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Brave Emma shares her story @5_News. Detecting GBS carriage in pregnancy prompts offer of IV antibiotics IN LABOUR not before. IMPORTANT nitter.gq/5_News/status/88256320…
ICYMI - A mother whose first child died at just 3 days from #StrepB opens up about the ordeal @GBSSupport @JanePlumb #GBSaware #groupBStrep
#GroupBStrep causes at least 50 deaths annually in the UK. Learn all about it as part of your #CPD ow.ly/5Y3u30cJzGw @GBSSupport
Natalie Russell retweeted
*TRIGGER WARNING* Tough read, but SO important to raise awareness of Group B Strep testing in pregnancy @GBSSupport mummyslittlemonkey.com/2016/…
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Carrying group B Strep has no symptoms - the only way to find it is 2 test 4 it. #GBSaware ow.ly/Kr9B0 #WhyGuess
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