Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of hepatitis C there have been in the UK in each year since 2010.
Public Health England receives laboratory reports of hepatitis C cases from England and Wales; these reports are presented by year in the following tables. Data for the combined laboratory reports for England and Wales are available from 2013 and published in the Quarterly laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A virus and hepatitis C reports in England and Wales, available to view at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laboratory-reports-of-hepatitis-a-and-c-2017
Laboratory reports of hepatitis C by year, England and Wales, 2013 to 2016
Year | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Number of laboratory reports | 11,692 | 11,997 | 11,626 | 11,322 |
Source: From the Health Protection Report: Laboratory reports of hepatitis C: annual data.
Laboratory reports of hepatitis C by year, England, 2010-2012
Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Number of laboratory reports | 7818 | 9835 | 10,987 |
Source: From Hepatitis C in England: 2018 report:
Laboratory reports of hepatitis C by year, Wales 2010-2012
Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Number of laboratory reports | 318 | 486 | 502 |
Source: From Hepatitis C in the UK 2015: annual report