Food Poisoning: Admissions
(asked on 25th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were admitted to hospital with food poisoning in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 3rd May 2019
Public Health England does not collect data on hospitalisations due to food poisoning.
Registered medical practitioners in England and Wales have a statutory duty to notify their local authority or local Health Protection Team of suspected cases of certain infectious diseases, including cases of suspected food poisoning. There is no requirement to provide information on whether cases are hospitalised.