About this Event
Overview
The theme of this year's Perinatal Symposium is Group B Strep.
The findings from the GBS3 trial are still unpublished but will shape the evidence the UK National Screening Committee will use to decide whether universal screening should be introduced. Press, public, and parliamentary petitions for mandatory screening continue to gather pace whilst the effectiveness of the current risk-based approach is constantly challenged.
This symposium will look at current practice, the way forward, what clinicians need to weigh up while we await the results of the GBS3 trial, and how to counsel pregnant women and their families in the meantime.
Join us on Monday 7th December to hear from some of the leading voices on Group B Strep:
- Paul Heath, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Director of the Vaccine Institute at St George's, & member of the WHO Group B Strep Technical Advisory Group
- Jane Plumb MBE, Founder & Chief Executive of Group B Strep Support Charity, & campaigner for change in UK policy
- Philip Steer, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics at Imperial College London: former Editor-in-Chief of BJOG, & Chair of the Group B Strep Support Medical Advisory Panel
- Kirsty Le Doare, Professor of Vaccinology & Immunology and Director the Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection Research
Why join us
- Get an up to date, evidence-based understanding of where the Group B Strep debate stands in the UK right now, including what the GBS3 trial means for future policy
- Hear directly from the clinicians, researchers and campaigners who have shaped, and continue to shape, national thinking on Group B Strep
- Build the confidence to answer questions about testing, risk and prevention
- Take part in open discussions with peer clinicians from different Trusts, with space to ask the questions that matter to your own practice
Places are limited, so please reserve your space today.
What’s included
Your ticket includes access to all keynotes and panel sessions, plus networking with canapés and refreshments from 5.00-8.00pm.
Tickets are £5 for GESH staff, general admission is £10, and both are charged as a donation to St George's to help cover the running costs of the event.
If the cost is a barrier to you attending, please get in touch with us directly and we'd be happy to help.
Questions?
Contact Agnes Siemion at [email protected]
Event venue & nearby stays
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London, United Kingdom
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