Hospitals: Meningitis

(asked on 23rd April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department and the UK Health Security Agency are taking to improve the timeliness and completeness of reporting of suspected cases of meningococcal disease and bacterial meningitis from hospitals.


Answered by
Sharon Hodgson Portrait
Sharon Hodgson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 29th April 2026

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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