The conference is for all health professionals interested in group B Strep and working in maternity / neonatal care, including: Obstetricians, Microbiologists, Midwives, Neonatologists, Public Health Specialists, GPs and Paediatricians.

Event Programme

Morning

• 09:00 – 09:05 Welcome and Poll: Prof Philip Steer, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London, Chair of GBSS Clinical Advisory Panel.
• 09:05 – 09:10 Introduction: Dr Alison Wright, President, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
• 09:10 – 09:20 Family Story (Speaker TBC)
• 09:20 – 09:50 Protecting Babies: The Challenge of Group B Strep, Jane Plumb MBE, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Group B Strep Support
• 09:50 – 10:20 Universal maternal testing for group B streptococcus in late pregnancy: Profs Kate Walker and Jane Daniels, Co Chief Investigators of the GBS3 Trial
• 10:20 – 10:40 Q&A with Jane Plumb, Kate Walker and Jane Daniels + family speaker
• 10:40 – 10:45 Half Morning Session Close
• 10:45 – 11:05 BREAK
• 11:05 – 11:10 Session Opening
• 11:10 – 11:30 Update on GBS in the UK (Dr Theresa Lamagni, Section Head, Healthcare-Associated Infection & Antimicrobial Resistance, UK Health Security Agency)
• 11:30 – 11:50 Abstract Presentations (Speakers TBC)
• 11:50 – 12:30 Panel Discussion – Barriers to current guideline implementation, with Ali Stanley, Midwife, Senior Lecturer and Professional Midwife advocate, Diane Jones, Chief Nursing Officer, NHS South East London ICB, Professor Trixie McAree, National Midwifery Lead for Continuity of Carer at NHS England, and others TBC
• 12:30 – 12:35 Morning Session Close 

Afternoon

• 12:35 – 13:20 LUNCH
• 13:20 – 13:25 Welcome and Poll: Afternoon Chair (Prof Edward Morris CBE FRCOG, Regional Medical Director, East of England, NHS England. Past President, RCOG. Chair of GBSS Board of Trustees)
• 13:25 – 13:35 Family Story (Speaker TBC)
• 13:35 – 13:55 Updates to the RCOG GBS Green-top Guideline: Prof Philip Steer, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London, Chair of GBSS Clinical Advisory Panel
• 13:55 – 14:15 Personalised care in screening: Ms Jasmine Leonce, National Speciality Adviser for Maternity, NHS England
• 14:15 – 14:35 Abstract Presentations (Speakers TBC)
• 14:35 – 14:55 Panel Discussion – Priorities for future GBS prevention
• 14:55 – 15:00 Half Afternoon Session Close
• 15:00 – 15:20 BREAK
• 15:20 – 15:25 Session Opening
• 15:25 – 15:55 Group B Strep Vaccines, An Overview: Professor Paul Heath, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at City St George’s, University of London
• 15:55 – 16:10 Minervax’s GBS Vaccine, Speaker from MinervaX TBC
• 16:10 – 16:30 Abstract Presentations (Speakers TBC)
• 16:30 – 16:50 Panel Discussion – Priorities for immediate implementation
• 16:50 – 17:00 Summary, Poll and Close: Afternoon Chair 
• 17:00  Ends