Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19568
Hepatitis: Diagnosis
Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024
Question
Rebecca Smith
Conservative — South West Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve earlier diagnosis of hepatitis B (a) nationally and (b) within Devon Integrated Care System.
Answer
Hepatitis B is usually asymptomatic in the early years, and therefore, many people remain unaware of their infection. The UK Health Security Agency estimates that 268,767 people were living with chronic hepatitis B in England in 2022, 38.1% of whom we est...
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