| Heading: |
Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments |
| Question ID: |
1791218 |
| UIN: |
43252 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5278 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Uma Kumaran
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| Asking Member handle: |
uma_kumaran
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@uma_kumaran
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) monitoring and (b) treatment of tuberculosis. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
Tuberculosis (TB) is a statutorily notifiable disease in the United Kingdom. Surveillance data on all individuals diagnosed with TB is collected via the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) National TB Surveillance System (NTBS), which was launched in 2021... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |