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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 |
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Grace burns |
2015-12-07T17:30:26.61 |
I agree |
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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... |
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Bev kirkcaldy |
2015-12-07T17:50:13.487 |
I feel strongly about this\r\n No parents should ever need to go through this. |
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Cheryl hodder |
2015-12-07T18:00:47.55 |
Please make this routine |
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Lynne gillespie |
2015-12-07T18:00:39.16 |
My daughter had this when she was two days old. Thankfully she made a full recovery |
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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... |
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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... |
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Lesley ODonnell |
2015-12-07T18:25:34.8 |
Shocking when u realise how quickly this test takes! |
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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,... |
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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 ... |
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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. |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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! |
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Lynelle drain |
2015-12-07T19:18:15.223 |
Heartbreaking loss that could be prevented! X |
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Hazel Borthwick |
2015-12-07T19:29:38.003 |
For as little as £11 per test lives could be saved with this simple test. |
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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... |
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Richard Pender |
2015-12-07T20:07:19.41 |
No mother deserves this simple |
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Ann Marie MacLean |
2015-12-07T20:08:33.193 |
I was one of the lucky ones. GBS should not be claiming lives - end of. |
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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... |
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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... |
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Lisa king |
2015-12-07T20:27:21.863 |
money for evreything else including War but no this isnt in place! #disgrace |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Lynn Stewart |
2015-12-07T20:52:38.503 |
Should b done for all |
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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... |
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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 !!!! |
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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 ... |
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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... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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donna fraser |
2015-12-07T21:26:19.88 |
I also lost a child to strep. I defo think thus test should be compulsory. |
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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... |
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Gillian Muir |
2015-12-07T21:33:41.22 |
Not Acceptable |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 |