Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 121847

Meningitis: Disease Control

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has previously undertaken emergency exercises for an outbreak of a meningococcal-type disease.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Department undertakes a range of emergency preparedness and response exercises that test our capability to manage high‑consequence infectious disease outbreaks. These exercises routinely assess incident response structures, case management, contact tr...

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