Written question asked by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 November 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Thursday, 7 November 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reporting rates are to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre by (a) public health laboratories and (b) NHS microbiology laboratories. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reporting rates are to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre by (a) public health laboratories and (b) NHS microbiology laboratories. [78788] Ms Blears: Information on reporting rates from Public Health Laboratory Service and National Health Service laboratories is not available. However, information available from the communicable disease surveillance centre shows that a total of 157,499 reports were received from NHS laboratories in 2001 and 180,503 reports from PHLS laboratories. It is estimated that the PHLS carries out over 40 per cent. of the NHS microbiology testing requirements.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 78788; 392 c499-500W;392 c511-2W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Infectious diseases NHS Monitoring Public Health Laboratory Service Microbiology Laboratories Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
Contains statistics: Yes
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