Table 3.
Members of the expert group
Expert group member | Position |
Professor Catherine Peckham (Chair) | National Health Service (NHS), NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme, Executive Lead/Institute for Child Health |
Dr Alison Bedford-Russell | Neonatologist, Birmingham Women’s Hospital/Group B Strep Support (GBSS) |
Professor Peter Brocklehurst | Director, Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham/Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Greentop Guideline |
Professor Androulla Efstratiou | Head, WHO Global Reference Centre for Diphtheria & Streptococcal Infections and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, UK Scientific Coordinator |
Professor Paul Heath | Consultant in paediatric infectious diseases, St George’s University of London & St Georges University Hospitals NHS Trust, London: BPSU study/RCOG Greentop Guideline |
Dr Rhona Hughes | Obstetrician, Edinburgh/RCOG Greentop Guideline |
Dr Theresa Lamagni | Senior Epidemiologist and Section Head, Healthcare-Associated Infection & Antimicrobial Resistance Division, National Infection Service, Public Health England (PHE) |
Dr Anne Mackie | Director of Screening & Screening Quality Assurance, PHE |
Mr John Marshall | Evidence Lead, UK National Screening Committee |
Dr Rachel Moll | National Medical Director’s Fellow, PHE |
Mrs Jane Plumb | Chief Executive, GBSS |
Dr Julie Robotham | Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, PHE |
Ms Farah Seedat | PhD student, University of Warwick |
Dr Nan Shetty | Consultant Microbiologist and Training Lead, Reference Microbiology Services, PHE |
Professor Helen Spiby | Professor of Midwifery, University of Nottingham |
Professor Phillip Steer | Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College/GBSS |
Professor Ben Stenson | Neonatologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh/RCOG Greentop Guideline |
Professor Mark Turner | Neonatologist, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust |