Infectious Diseases

Health written question – answered at on 14 March 2013.

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Photo of Jamie Reed Jamie Reed Shadow Minister (Health)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the threat of infectious diseases.

Photo of Anna Soubry Anna Soubry The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The establishment of Public Health England will be a key development in our plan to mitigate the threat of infectious disease. Public Health England will deliver specialist public health services to national and local government, the national health service and the public, working in partnership, to protect the public and minimise the health impacts from infectious diseases.

Comprehensive national immunisation programmes are in place to tackle vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, which are kept under review by the independent expert Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

Equally importantly, work is under way on a cross-Government basis to mitigate the threat of antimicrobial resistance. This will include good practice, prescribing decisions and encourage innovative approaches to new therapies.

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