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	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Streptococcus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recent outbreak of group A streptococcal bacterial strain.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	270456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>12 people have died while a further 20 cases have been reported, many among elderly people with existing health conditions. The infection risk of contracting group A streptococcal bacterial strain to the public is very low. Treatment with antibiotics is very effective, if started early enough. The local National Health Service continues to work closely with Public Health England and other partners to manage this local incident, and extra infection control measures have been put in place to prevent the infection spreading in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/07/2019 14:18:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

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	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Streptococcus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 230615, and with reference to evidence demonstrating a reduction in rates of Group B Streptococcus infection in Northern Ireland since mandatory reporting of confirmed cases in babies was introduced there in March 2013, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making Group B Streptococcus a notifiable disease.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Statutory notification of infectious diseases provides a means to alert public health officials to the occurrence of suspected or confirmed case of a given disease to direct public health action to prevent infection in others. These regulations, standards and guidance can be viewed at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/659/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/659/contents/made</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notifiable-diseases-and-causative-organisms-how-to-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notifiable-diseases-and-causative-organisms-how-to-report</a></p><p>The majority of infant Group B Streptococcus cases occur sporadically rather than through spread between individuals. As such, there are no specific public health actions recommended at present following the identification of a single case. If new evidence emerges to suggest actions should be initiated, the addition of Group B Streptococcus to the schedule of notifiable diseases will be reviewed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 27/06/2019 15:40:30 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon