Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
2448 Ashley robertson 2015-12-07T17:33:21.037 I feel that if they are testing for down syndrome that isn't life threatening then group b testing should be mandatory
2448 Grace burns 2015-12-07T17:30:26.61 I agree
2448 Morag Gostelow 2015-12-07T17:41:03.253 This test should definitely be routine. My third son was rushed into hospital at 10 days old with suspected meningiti...
2448 Bev kirkcaldy 2015-12-07T17:50:13.487 I feel strongly about this\r\n No parents should ever need to go through this.
2448 Cheryl hodder 2015-12-07T18:00:47.55 Please make this routine
2448 Lynne gillespie 2015-12-07T18:00:39.16 My daughter had this when she was two days old. Thankfully she made a full recovery
2448 Sophie Whitaker 2015-12-07T18:13:35.897 I'm pregnant with my first child and would like to thank Shaheen McQuade as I first heard about this from her Faceboo...
2448 Christine McMillan 2015-12-07T18:24:41.973 I can't believe that such a simple and cheap test is not administered, preventing such unnecessary pain and loss. Pl...
2448 Lesley ODonnell 2015-12-07T18:25:34.8 Shocking when u realise how quickly this test takes!
2448 Kasha Mount 2015-12-07T18:33:07.41 This needs to be addressed properly. When we test so many people for illnesses and infections that are self-limiting,...
2448 Holly story 2015-12-07T18:34:22.173 I think everyone should be tested for this i am lucky enough to have had this picked up on at 6 weeks pregnant !! So ...
2448 Avril Linton 2015-12-07T18:43:39.05 Seems such a simple & low cost test to save lives. There should be no doubt that it should be routinely carried out.
2448 Patricia Cameron 2015-12-07T18:44:31.397 I really hope something gets done about what happened to that lady's baby as that could of been prevented with a simp...
2448 Chirsty Sterry 2015-12-07T18:48:20.41 I had a scare five months pregnant with my second child and that's when I found out I had this and was also the first...
2448 Nicola pollock 2015-12-07T18:49:47.58 A test for something else revielled I had this in my first pregnancy. Due to this my daughter was fine and I was test...
2448 Bergdis Wilson 2015-12-07T18:52:28.503 This test should be mandatory. Scotland should introduce this test not least to show that Scotland has the best healt...
2448 Susan crawford 2015-12-07T18:53:26.05 Please stop this happening to anyone else. £11 is nothing compared to the cost of a life and the shattered life of th...
2448 Karen McMath 2015-12-07T19:06:44.41 Shocked to hear this is still happening. My son developed this, but thankfully survived due to excellent nursing staf...
2448 Ryska Watkins 2015-12-07T19:07:01.253 To lose a healthy baby in this way is unforgivable. The NHS should make this test compulsory. If they think they ha...
2448 Sara MacMillan 2015-12-07T19:09:45.817 A simple test costing £11, it defies logic that this isn't saving lives already. Please stop any more tragic preventa...
2448 Kati taylor 2015-12-07T19:12:00.097 £11 for a test that could save a life and stop families enduring such heartache is a small price to pay!
2448 Lynelle drain 2015-12-07T19:18:15.223 Heartbreaking loss that could be prevented! X
2448 Hazel Borthwick 2015-12-07T19:29:38.003 For as little as £11 per test lives could be saved with this simple test.
2448 alexina mcfadyen 2015-12-07T20:00:43.8 I do not understand why this test is not given to mothers.Is it the cost to the N.H.S. surely the cost of the ambulan...
2448 Richard Pender 2015-12-07T20:07:19.41 No mother deserves this simple
2448 Ann Marie MacLean 2015-12-07T20:08:33.193 I was one of the lucky ones. GBS should not be claiming lives - end of.
2448 Angela Noble 2015-12-07T20:15:02.333 This should never happen when there is a safe easy test to prevent such devastating heartache with the loss of a chil...
2448 Elizabeth Lynch 2015-12-07T20:17:36.923 Please do something...NOW. You have to start listening to those affected and help. Knowing this test only costs £11 i...
2448 Lisa king 2015-12-07T20:27:21.863 money for evreything else including War but no this isnt in place! #disgrace
2448 Karen Palmer 2015-12-07T20:32:00.05 No parents should have lose their children over a condition that is so easily avoided by way of a simple test
2448 Fiona McLeod 2015-12-07T20:36:37.987 So so sad for you. I am in tears. I hope you succeed in making the change for all others.
2448 Tracy swandells 2015-12-07T20:38:58.41 We can't let babies die and families go through he'll when there's an easy and relatively cheap solution.
2448 Lynn Stewart 2015-12-07T20:52:38.503 Should b done for all
2448 Barbara Garth 2015-12-07T20:59:36.987 No parent should ever have to go through this tragic event, especially when it is so easily preventable, shame on you...
2448 Jean Henderson 2015-12-07T21:04:50.05 No parent should have to experience the loss of a child when a swab could prevent it !!!!
2448 Kate Smith 2015-12-07T21:02:31.207 Hi my daughter is now 10 years old and i am very lucky that i found out that i had group b strep as i was taken into ...
2448 Kerry-Lee West 2015-12-07T21:06:08.987 I lost my baby girl at 26weeks and found out that I have group b strep! A simple swab could have saved my baby, and m...
2448 Sarah Homer 2015-12-07T21:13:09.037 My waters broke 9weeks early so they tested me to ensure it was my waters and found that I had strep b, they gave me ...
2448 Katie Murray 2015-12-07T21:20:11.49 Thank goodness this didn't happen to my baby. Such a tragedy and shocking that this is preventable. I'm so sorry for ...
2448 Amanda Thompson 2015-12-07T21:20:17.787 I also am a carrier of strep b. I only found out during my miscarriages when I had a swab. Thankfully when I had my 2...
2448 Kathleen elliott 2015-12-07T21:21:17.317 My heart goes out to you, it is unimaginable the pain you must feel for the loss of your son - I wish you every succe...
2448 Kelly banks 2015-12-07T21:18:06.737 No parent should have to go through this. If a simple swab can prevent this happening to another family then I say pr...
2448 Fiona Bell 2015-12-07T21:22:19.35 I had group strep b throughout my whole pregnancy. Luckily it was picked up early and monitored. I received Iv antib...
2448 Julie Pardoe 2015-12-07T21:21:28.207 I tested positive for GBS for each of the 4 swabs I had taken. The midwife gave me the final swab pack and asked me t...
2448 donna fraser 2015-12-07T21:26:19.88 I also lost a child to strep. I defo think thus test should be compulsory.
2448 Lynne Thom 2015-12-07T21:29:22.833 It was discovered I had this during my first birth. Thankfully my baby and I were given antibiotics and he's a health...
2448 Gillian Muir 2015-12-07T21:33:41.22 Not Acceptable
2448 Karyn Psyl-Thomson 2015-12-07T21:36:01.503 I am 35 weeks pregnant and haven't been made aware of this at all, seems like such a simple test to do to prevent som...
2448 Sarah Munro 2015-12-07T21:36:28.377 Come on get on this and save little babies lives... It's a no brainier!! To many babies die everyday due to negligen...
2448 Margaret Mclaren 2015-12-07T21:37:09.94 No child should be lost to this disease when a simple test is available... cost should not be factor in saving lifes