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Sarah Ward

Parents of newborn who died week after birth question lack of Strep B testing

Freya was born at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

The parents of a newborn who died a week after birth questioned why the UK is not screening for Group B strep, a fatal accident inquiry heard.

Freya Murphy was born on July 21 2018 in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow, but died a week later in the neonatal intensive care unit, a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) at Glasgow Sheriff Court was told.

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