Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 October 2017. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 October 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Streptococcus
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with Group B strep in the UK in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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Public Health England does not hold data on how many people were diagnosed each year with group B streptococcus colonisation.
Surveillance data collected from routine laboratory reporting outlining the numbers of patient episodes with group B streptococcus identified from blood (bacteraemia) in people of all ages in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for years 2011- 2015 can be found in the following table:
Year
Area
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
1,624
1,576
1,592
1,752
1,870
Source: Health Protection Report
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 108226
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Streptococcus
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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