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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

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

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

Type
Written question
Reference
108226
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Streptococcus
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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