Jim Shannon
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Equality)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with hepatitis C in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Public Health England only receives laboratory reports of hepatitis C cases from England and Wales.
Laboratory reports of hepatitis C, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014
Year | 2010 (i) | 2011 (ii) | 2012 (iii) | 2013 (iv) | 2014 (v) |
Total | 8,147 | 1,0382 | 11,353 | 11,692 | 11,997 |
Across the United Kingdom, more individuals are being tested for hepatitis C and over the last five years particular improvements have been seen in primary care where surveillance indicates that testing has risen by 21% in England (vi).
Citations
(i) Health Protection Report Vol 5. No. 29 22 July 2011
(ii) Health Protection Report Vol 6. No. 30 27 July 2012
(iii) Health Protection Report Vol.7 No. 30 26 July 2013
(iv) Health Protection Report Vol 98 No. 29 25 July 2014
(v) Health Protection Report Vol 9 No. 26 24 July 2015
(vi) Hepatitis C in the UK; 2015 report. Public Health England
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