Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33009

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the spread of respiratory syncytial virus on hospital capacity.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Through the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Watch programme, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) undertakes surveillance of hospitalisation rates in different age groups for confirmed cases of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in England. These r...

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