Tuberculosis

(asked on 24th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the increase in domestic cases of TB.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 27th January 2022

National statistics do not show evidence of an overall increase in domestic cases of tuberculosis (TB). In England, the number and rate of TB notifications has declined by approximately 43% since 2011. From 15.6 per 100,000 (8,280 cases) in 2011 to 7.3 per 100,000 (4,125 cases) in 2020.

In July 2021, the UK Health Security Agency in collaboration with NHS England and NHS Improvement published the ‘TB Action Plan for England 2021 to 2026’. The plan supports the United Kingdom to meet its commitment to the World Health Organisation elimination targets by supporting a year-on-year reduction in TB incidence. The TB Action Plan outlines five main priority areas and steps to reduce domestic cases of TB, including: recovery from COVID-19 through understanding and reporting the impact and learning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, TB prevention, TB detection, TB disease control, and workforce.

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