Written question asked by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 January 2025 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Monday, 13 January 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Gonorrhoea: Health Services
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21699 on Gonorrhoea: Health Services, what data his Department holds on the cost of treating gonorrhoea to the NHS; and if he will publish that data.
- Answer
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The data on the cost of treating gonorrhoea to the National Health Service is not held centrally. This is because most gonorrhoea infections are treated with antibiotics in sexual health services using funding from the Local Authority Public Health Grant. In 2023, there were 85,223 diagnoses of gonorrhoea in sexual health services in England.
For infections and complications requiring treatment in secondary care, the UK Health Security Agency estimates that the cost to the NHS of treating gonorrhoea in secondary care in 2022/23 was approximately £2,000 per in-patient admission. Data on the number of admissions is not held centrally.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 22705
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Subjects
- Costs Health services Gonorrhoea
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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