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Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments

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.

answeredUma KumaranDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 3 Apr 2025

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  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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