{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/598580.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":598580,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Offer routine Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women in the UK","background":"We need to be offering routine antenatal screening to women- ESPECIALLY in the first pregnancy.\r\nA simple test in the antenatal period could save thousands of lives each year & huge heartache in undiagnosed cases.","additional_details":"Routine screening, especially as a primigravia woman experiencing pregnancy for the first time NEEDS to be offered urgently.\r\nThis could save 150 000 preventable deaths a year,  that’s 2-3 in 50 babies yearly.\r\n\r\nCountries such as America have already implemented routine screening in the antenatal period. Why are we not offering this? \r\nIt’s a simple test that can reap huge benefits to women and their families.\r\nGBS is a detectable infection and easily preventable. We NEED to start screening women.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":9,"created_at":"2021-10-06T08:47:41.644Z","updated_at":"2021-10-08T14:31:45.461Z","rejected_at":"2021-10-08T14:31:39.890Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-10-06T09:05:58.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"We currently have the below petition open on the same topic that you may like to sign:\r\n\r\nOffer Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/576661"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}