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Written question asked by Chris Webb (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 June 2025. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 July 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Water: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) hospital admissions and (b) reported illnesses associated with exposure to (i) Vibrio, (ii) Campylobacter and (iii) Pseudomonas aeruginosa in UK bathing waters in each of the last five years.

Answer

Information is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of admissions with a primary diagnosis related to vibrio, campylobacter, and pseudomonas, from 2019/20 to 2023/24:

Primary diagnosis

2023/24

2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

2019/20

Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae

1

1

-

-

-

Campylobacter enteritis

5,520

4,341

4,685

3,719

3,994

Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas

1,145

1,009

863

586

990

Congenital pneumonia due to Pseudomonas

2

1

0

0

1

Source: Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity


The above data does not record the underlying causation, including any illness associated with United Kingdom bathing waters.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
62359
Session
2024-26
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Health Pollution Standards Water Bacterial diseases Swimming
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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